Brown-Driver-Briggs
מָּדָה verb ransom (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician in proper name; Assyrian
padû,
id., Arabic
; Ethiopic
; Minaean
פדית redeemed or
purchased land Mordt
Beitr. 23); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָּדָה Leviticus 27:27 +; suffix מָּֽדְךָ Job 5:20; 2masculine singular מָּדִיתָ Deuteronomy 9:26 +, etc.; Imperfect יִפְדֶּה Psalm 49:8 +, etc.; Imperative מְּדֵה Psalm 25:22; suffix מְּדֵנִי Psalm 26:11 3t.; Infinitive absolute מָּדֹה Numbers 18:15; Psalm 49:8; construct לִפְדּוֺת 2 Samuel 7:23 = 1 Chronicles 17:2; Participle active מּוֺדֶה Psalm 34:23; suffix מֹּדְךָ Deuteronomy 13:6; passive plural construct מְּדוּיֵּי Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11; Numbers 3:49; also absolute מְּדוּיִם Numbers 3:51 (Qr; Kt פדים), construct מְּדוּיֵי Numbers 3:46; suffix מְּדוּיָו Numbers 18:16 (all noun abstract according to Di Köii. 1, 138, see מְּדוּיִם, מִּדְיֹם below); — ransom:
1 for an assessed price Exodus 13:13,15; Exodus 34:20 (J), Leviticus 27:27; Numbers 3:46,48,49,51; Numbers 18:15,16,17 (P).
2 from violence and death 1 Samuel 14:45; Job 6:23; Psalm 49:8.
3 God subject (underlying thought of payment):
a. from Egypt, with מִן, מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 13:6; Micah 6:4; מִנִּיצָֿר Psalm 78:42; ממצרים 2 Samuel 7:23 (but strike out מָּדִיתָ GeiUrschr. 288 We Dr and others) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִשָּׁם Deuteronomy 24:18; absolute Deuteronomy 9:26; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 21:8; Nehemiah 1:10.
b. from exile, Jeremiah 31:11; Zechariah 10:8; יְשֻׁבוּן ׳מְּדוּיֵּי י Isaiah 35:10 = Isaiah 51:11.
c. in General Hosea 7:13; מִכֹּל צָרוֺתָיו Psalm 25:22; מִכֹּל עֲוֺנוֺתָיו Psalm 130:8.
d. with accusative individual Psalm 26:11; Psalm 31:6; Psalm 44:27; Psalm 69:19; Abraham Isaiah 29:22; ׳פ נפשׁ Psalm 34:23; Psalm 71:23; + מכל צרה 2 Samuel 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת Job 33:28; מִקְּרָבלִֿי Psalm 55:19; מִמָּוֶת Job 5:20; מיד שׁאול Psalm 49:16; Hosea 13:14; מֵעשֶׁק אָדָם Psalm 119:134; מִכַּף עָרִיצִים Jeremiah 15:21.
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular (+
Hoph`al Infinitive absolute) הָפְדֵּה לֹא נִפְדָּ֑תָה Leviticus 19:20 she hath not been at all ransomed (from bondage); Imperfect יִמָּדֶה Leviticus 27:29 (from ban); 3 feminine singular צִיּוֺן בְּמִשְׁמָּט תִּמָּדֶ֑ה Isaiah 1:27.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix וְהֶפְדָּהּ Exodus 21:8 he shall let her be ransomed.
Hiph`il Infinitive absolute see
Niph`al
