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1 Kings 11:21

“And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הֲדַדHădad · had-ad'
H1908 · Hebrew

Definition: Hadad, the name of an idol, and of several kings of Edom
Derivation: probably of foreign origin (compare H111 (אֲדַד));
KJV renderings: Hadad.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
הֲדַ֞ד — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 36:35 Genesis 36:36 1 Kings 11:14 1 Kings 11:17 1 Kings 11:19

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הֲדַד here.

Verse 20 Verse 22

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.