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# מַעֲדָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4574

**dainty** — used 3 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

dainty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4574/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעֲדָן²: dainty delight [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4574/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dainty (food), delight;—only pl.;—מַעֲדַנֵּי מֶלֶךְ Gn 49:20 (poem) royal dainties; הָאֹכְלִים לְמַעֲדַנִּים La 4:5 those who ate (according to dainties) daintily; more gen. וְיִתֵּן מַעֲדַנִּים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ Pr 29:17 he shall give delight to thy soul (‖ וִינִיתֶ֑ךָ).—מַעֲדַנּוֹת, v. p. 588 and p. 772.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: delicacies (2); delights (1).

## In the verses

[Genesis 49:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.20/#tree)

מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמ֑וֹ וְה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖ן מַֽעֲדַנֵּי־מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* from Asher \[will.be\].rich food his and he he.will.provide delicacies of.a.king

*JPS 1917:* As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

[Proverbs 29:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.17/#tree)

יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָ וְיִתֵּ֖ן מַעֲדַנִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* discipline son your and he will.give.you.rest and he.will.give delights to self your

*JPS 1917:* Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4574.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4574/): 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).