H4076 H4076
Madai — the Medes and their territory Media, the ancient Iranian people and kingdom east of Mesopotamia
Madai refers both to the Medes as an ethnic group and to Media as a geographic territory. In Daniel 5:28 the kingdom of Belshazzar is given to the Medes and Persians, and the laws of the Medes feature prominently in Daniel 6:8, 12, 15. Ezra 6:2 locates the decree of Cyrus in the province of Media. German Medien and Spanish Media reflect the territorial sense, while English preserves both the gentile and geographic uses.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Medes as a people and Media as their territory. The gentile sense appears in Daniel 5:28 and 6:8, 12, 15, where the legal and political identity of the Medes is emphasized alongside the Persians. The territorial sense surfaces in Ezra 6:2 where a scroll is found in the citadel of the province of Media. Across translations (eng Madai, spa Media, deu Medien), both references point to this single ethno-territorial entity. 5×
AR["الْمَادِيِّينَ", "في-مادَي", "لِلْمَادِيِّينَ"]·ben["-মাদীয়কে", "-মাদীয়দের", "মাদি-তে", "মাদীয়দের"]·DE["Medien", "[למדי]", "in-Medien"]·EN["Madai", "in-Maday", "to-Madai"]·FR["Mède", "[במדי]", "de-de"]·heb["ב-מדי", "ל-מדי", "מדי"]·HI["की-मादी-की", "मादी-की", "मादी-के", "मादी-को"]·ID["-Media", "di-Media", "kepada-Media"]·IT["Media", "[במדי]", "[למדי]"]·jav["dhateng-tiyang-Média", "kanggé-tiyang-Média", "tiyang-Média"]·KO["메대", "메대-와", "메대-의", "에-메디아"]·PT["Media", "aos-medos", "dos-medos", "em-Madai"]·RU["Мадаю", "Мадая", "в-Мадае"]·ES["Media", "a-Media", "en-Maday"]·SW["Wamedi", "katika-Umedi", "kwa-Wamedi", "ya-Wamedi"]·TR["Medlere", "Medlerin", "Medyada", "yasasına-göre-"]·urd["بِ-مادی", "مادیوں", "مادیوں-کو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָדַי n.pr. gent. et terr. Medes, Media (BH id.);— 1. gent. Dn 5:28; 6:9, 13, 16. 2. terr. Ezr 6:2.