Lexical Summary mad or med: a measure, cloth garment Original Word: מַדTransliteration: mad or med Phonetic Spelling: (mad) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a measure, cloth garment Meaning: extent, height, a measure, a vesture, a carpet Strong's Concordance armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature Or med {made}; from madad; properly, extent, i.e. Height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet -- armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature. see HEBREW madad Brown-Driver-Briggs H4055. mad or med [מַד] noun masculine1 Samuel 4:12 measure, also cloth garment (as extended, wide); — suffix מַדּוֺ Psalm 109:18; מִדּוֺ Leviticus 6:3; 2 Samuel 20:8 (מִדָּהּ Job 11:9, see below מִדָּה); plural מִדִּין Judges 5:10 (see below), 2 Samuel 21:20 Kt (Qr מָדוֺן; read perhaps מִדָּה, see 1 Chronicles 20:6, compare Dr); suffix מִדַּיִךְ Jeremiah 13:25; מַדָּיו 1 Samuel 4:12 4t.; — 1 measure (only plural) = apportionment Jeremiah 13:25, מְנָָֽתמִֿדַּיִךְ (of lot of Judah, "" גּוֺרָל); compare literally 2 Samuel 21:20 Kt (but see מִדָּה). 2 perhaps cloth, carpet (for sitting on), Judges 5:10 (so most, conjecture from context; on plural in ן, see Ges§ 87, l. a). 3 garment, outer garment Judges 3:16; 1 Samuel 4:12, compare (simile) Psalm 109:18; of fighting-attire 1 Samuel 17:38 (with verb הִלְבִּשׁ), 17:39; 18:4; 2 Samuel 20:8 ("" לְבוּשׁ); of priest's garment בַד מִדּוֺ הַכֹּהֵן וְלָבַשׁ Leviticus 6:3; compare [מַדְוֶה מָדוּ,] below מדה. |
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