Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
מ־ד־ד (m-d-d)

From Proto-Semitic *mdd (stretch, spread, measure). Cognate with Akkadian 𒉘 (madādum) and Arabic مَدَّ (madda).

Verb edit

מָדַד (madád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To measure: to determine the size of.

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

מַדָּד (mádadm (plural indefinite מַדָּדִים, singular construct מַדַּד־, plural construct מַדָּדֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. a measure
  2. (economics) an index