מוקדון
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
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| מ־ק־ד־ן (m-q-d-n) |
| 1 term |
Derived from Ancient Greek Μακεδών (Makedṓn, “Macedonian”). Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מַקְדוֹן (maqəḏōn, “Macedonia”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מוֹקְדוֹן (mōqəḏōn, “Macedonian”).
Pronunciation
- מוֹקְדוֹן (mok'dón, mōqəḏṓn)
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /moqăˈðon/ [moː.qɔ̆ˈðoːn]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /mo.keˈdon/ [mo̞k(e̞)ˈdo̞n]
- מוֹקְדּוֹן (mokdón, mōqdṓn)
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /moqˈdon/ [moqˈdoːn]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /mokˈdon/ [mo̞ɡˈdo̞n]
Proper noun
מוֹקְדוֹן / מוֹקְדּוֹן • (mok'dón / mokdón) f
- (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: מָקֶדוֹנְיָה
- a. 500 C.E., Lamentations Rabbah, 1:32:
- הֵבִיא אוֹתָן עָלַי מְכֻפָּלוֹת, בָּבֶל וְכַשְׂדִים, מָדַי וּפָרָס, וְיָוָן וּמוֹקְדוֹן, אֱדוֹם וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל.
- He brought them upon me in pairs: Babylon and the Chaldeans, Media and Persia, Greece and Macedonia, Edom and Ishmael.
Noun
מוֹקְדוֹן • (mok'dón) m (plural indefinite מוֹקְדוֹנִים, singular construct מוֹקְדוֹן־, plural construct מוֹקְדוֹנִים־)
- Macedonian (a person from the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia)
- Synonym: מָקֶדוֹנִי
- בְּגִיל 15 אוֹ 16 נִגְמְרָה תְּקוּפַת הַלִּמּוּד שֶׁל אָלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר מוֹקְדוֹן אֵצֶל אָרִיסְטוֹ.
- b'gíl 15 ó 16 nigm'rá t'kufát halimúd shél aleksánder mok'dón étsel arísto.
- At the age of 15 or 16, Alexander of Macedon's period of study with Aristotle came to an end.
- a. 500 C.E., Genesis Rabbah, 61:7:
- בִּימֵי אֲלַכְּסַנְדְּרוֹס מוֹקְדוֹן בָּאוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל לְעוֹרֵר עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל הַבְּכוֹרָה
- In the days of Alexander of Macedon, the sons of Ishmael came to stir up Israel concerning the birthright.
Usage notes
In Modern Hebrew, the term is used only in reference to the historical figure Alexander the Great (אָלֶכְּסַנְדֶּר מוֹקְדוֹן). In Medieval Hebrew, it was sometimes used more broadly to refer to any inhabitant of the historical Macedonia, which was replaced by the form מָקֶדוֹנִי.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
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| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מוֹקְדוֹן | first | מוֹקְדוֹנִי | מוֹקְדוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמּוֹקְדוֹן | second | מוֹקְדוֹנְךָ | מוֹקְדוֹנֵךְ | מוֹקְדוֹנְכֶם | מוֹקְדוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | מוֹקְדוֹן־ | third | מוֹקְדוֹנוֹ | מוֹקְדוֹנָהּ | מוֹקְדוֹנָם | מוֹקְדוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | מוֹקְדוֹנִים | first | מוקדוניי / מוֹקְדוֹנַי | מוֹקְדוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמּוֹקְדוֹנִים | second | מוֹקְדוֹנֶיךָ | מוקדונייך / מוֹקְדוֹנַיִךְ | מוֹקְדוֹנֵיכֶם | מוֹקְדוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | מוֹקְדוֹנֵי־ | third | מוֹקְדוֹנָיו | מוֹקְדוֹנֶיהָ | מוֹקְדוֹנֵיהֶם | מוֹקְדוֹנֵיהֶן | |
See also
- מָקֶדוֹנְיָה (North Macedonia)
References
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מֻקְדּוֹן (muqdṓn), which is a form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מַקְדּוֹן (maqdṓn, “Macedonian”). This specific form appears only once in the Midrash Tanhuma and is later used in rabbinical literature when referring to it. Doublet of מוֹקְדוֹן.
Pronunciation
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /muqˈdon/ [muqˈdoːn]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /mukˈdon/ [muɡˈdo̞n]
Noun
מוקדון / מֻקְדּוֹן • (mukdón) m (plural indefinite מֻקְדּוֹנִים, singular construct מֻקְדּוֹן־, plural construct מֻקְדּוֹנִים־)
- (archaic) alternative form of מוֹקְדוֹן
- 1727, Judah Rosanes, chapter 5, in Yaakov Culi, editor, Parashat Derakim[2], Jerusalem, 2005 edition, Constantinople: Yaakov Culi, section 5.8:
- פַּעַם אַחַת בָּאוּ בְּנֵי מִצְרַיִם לָדוּן עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרוֹס מֻקְדּוֹן.
- Once, the sons of Egypt came to argue with Israel before Alexander of Macedon.