ma.a.dan denotes desirable delicacies or comforts, including rich food and a benefit described for the soul.

The attested plural noun denotes desirable delicacies or comforts: rich food and royal delicacies in Genesis 49:20, food eaten by those later desolate in Lamentations 4:5, and a benefit to the soul in Proverbs 29:17. Its contribution in 1 Samuel 15:32 is less clear from the translation, which instead describes Agag coming in chains.

1. Desirable delicacies and comforts · dominant

   The plural forms occur with rich food and “royal delicacies” in Genesis 49:20, with people who eat delicacies in Lamentations 4:5, and with delicacies promised to the soul after a son is disciplined in Proverbs 29:17. In 1 Samuel 15:32 the same plural absolute form occurs in the account of Agag; the APB renders the surrounding scene as Agag coming “in chains,” so the term's specific contribution is not isolated there.

   Genesis 49:20Lamentations 4:5Proverbs 29:171 Samuel 15:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “royal delicacies” in Genesis 49:20 and “delicacies” in Lamentations 4:5 and Proverbs 29:17. In 1 Samuel 15:32 it does not clearly reflect the term in a one-to-one way, since the translation describes Agag coming “in chains.”