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mēdād מֵידָד ‘Medad’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yādad יָדַד ‘to cast a lot’ in the sense of loving
Roots: ידד

mēdād pr n m pers
Medad = "love"
1) one of the 70 elders to whom was communicated the prophetic power of Moses and who prophesied in the camp of the Israelites in the wilderness

Mentioned in Numbers 11:26, 11:27

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