[ מַדּוּחַ ] n. [ m. ] a thing to draw aside , enticement ( cf. √ Hiph. 3 , 4 ); pl.
מַדּוּחִם La 2:1 4, וַיֶּחֱזוּ לָךְ מַשְֿׂאֹות שָׁוְא וּמ׳ ( cf. || שָׁוְא וְתָפֵל v a).
I . [ נָדָן S 5083, 5084 TWOT 1305, 1306 GK 5620, 5621 , נֶדֶן , נֹדֶן ] n. [ m. ] gift
(
prob. Assyrian loan-word,
cf.
Assyrian
nudnu
,
dowry
Dl
HWB 451,
√
nadânu
=
נתן
,
Dl
Baer Ezech. xiv
)
;
נְדָנַיִךְ
Ez 16:3
3, of bribe from harlot
(||
נֶדֶה
),
metaph.
of Jerusalem.
II . [ נָדָן S 5083, 5084 TWOT 1305, 1306 GK 5620, 5621 ] n. [ m. ] sheath ( NH id.; Aramaic נִדְנָא ( å Tal m.); Pers. loan-word Nö GGA , 1884, 1022 ) ; וַיָּשֶׁב חַרְבֹּו אֶל־נְדָנָהּ ׃ 1 Ch 21:2 7.
[נָדַף S 5086 TWOT 1307 GK 5622 ] vb. drive, drive asunder (NH id. , spread, be diffused, disseminated (of odour); Arabic نَدَفَ ( nadafa ) strike, beat , especially bow-string with mallet, to clean cotton; also play the lyre; Aramaic נְדַף = N H; Ethiopic ( nadafa ) throw, hurl ) ; Qal Impf. sf. יִדְּפֶנּוּ Jb 32:13 ( juss. ); 3 fs. sf. תִּדְּפֶנּוּ ψ 1:4 ; 2 ms. תִּנְדֹּף ψ 68:3 ; drive about , chaff, subj. wind ψ 1:4 ; wicked, subj. God 68:3 ( כְּהִנְדֹּף עָשָׁן , v. infr .); cf. Jb 32:13 ( = defeat, anguish).
Niph. Pf. נִדַּף Is 19: 7; Inf. כְּהִנְדֹּף ψ 68:3 ( v Kö i . 306 f. ); Pt. נִדָּף Lv 26:36 + 3 times; be driven, driven about (especially by wind) ψ 68:3 , v. supr. (like a driving [ Che drift ] of smoke); of breath ( הֶבֶל ) fig. of deceitful gain Pr 21:6 ( Ö Hi Ew רֹדֵף ; v. De No w); of withered plant Is 19:7 (where subj. עָרֹות , מִזְרָע i.e. place; whence Che trans. נ׳ vanish; but ref. prob. to plant-life in these places, v. D i); of leaf Lv 26:36 (as making slight sound), Jb 13:25 ( fig. of sufferer, || קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ ), of chaff ( קַשׁ ) Is 41:2 ( sim. of bow of hostile kings || עָפָר ).
Talm ?Talmud. Pers. Persian.
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