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# בַּלְאֲדָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1081

**Baladan** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Baladan [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1081/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בַּלְאֲדָן: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1081/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (= Bab. abal-iddina, he hath given a son COT 2 K 20:12) father of מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן king of Babylon (v. sub מְרֹדַךְ) 2 K 20:12 = Is 39:1; name prob. abbreviated by omission of name of god (v. ib. Merodach-baladan = Marduk-abal-iddina, Marduk hath given a son; cf. Esarhaddon, v. אֵסַרְחַדֹּן p. 64).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Baladan (2).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 20:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.12/#tree)

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡יא שָׁלַ֡ח בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that he.sent Merodach-Baladan Merodach-Baladan the.son of.Baladan the.king of.Babylon letters and a.gift to Hezekiah (dm) he.had.heard (dm).that he.had.been.sick Hezekiah

*JPS 1917:* At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

[Isaiah 39:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.39.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.39.1/#tree)

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡וא שָׁלַ֡ח מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that he.sent Merodach-Baladan Merodach-Baladan the.son of.Baladan the.king of.Babylon letters and a.gift to Hezekiah and he.had.heard (dm).that he.had.been.sick and he.was.strong

*JPS 1917:* At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1081/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).