Madmen

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MADMEN. A place in Moab, which, if the MT [Note: Massoretic Text.] be correct, has not been identified. The name occurs only in   Jeremiah 48:1-47 [Gr.   Jeremiah 31:2 ], where there is a characteristic word-play: gam Madmçn tiddômî , ‘also, O Madmen, thou shalt be brought to silence’ (LXX [Note: Septuagint.] kai pausin pausetai ). It is a very natural suggestion that the initial m of Madmen has arisen by dittography from the final m of the preceding word, and that for Madmen we should read Dimon (cf.   Isaiah 15:9 ), i.e . Dibon (cf.   Jeremiah 48:18 ). Cf. art. Medeba.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Madmen. (Dunghill). A place in Moab, threatened with destruction in the pronunciations of Jeremiah.  Jeremiah 48:2.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 48:2Dimon

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A doomed city of Moab.  Jeremiah 48:2 .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

An unknown place in Moab,  Jeremiah 48:2 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 48:2

Webster's Dictionary

(pl.) of Madman

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Madmen', מִדְמֵן , Dunghill; Sept. Παῦσις v. r. Μαδαιβημά , Μαδαμημά , and Μαδενηβά ; Vulg. Silens ) , a Moabitish town, threatened with destruction by the sword from the Babylonian invasion in connection with the neighboring Heshbon ( Jeremiah 48:2). Some (as Hitzig, after the Sept.,Vulg., etc.) regard it as an appellative; and in some editions of the Auth. Vers. it is actually printed "O madmen!" The slight notice only affords an approximate location opposite the northern extremity of the Dead Sea. (See Madmenah).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mad´men ( מדמן , madhmēn  ; καὶ παῦσιν παύσεται , kaı́ paúsin paúsetai ): An unidentified town in Moab against which Jeremiah prophesied (  Jeremiah 48:2 ). The play upon the words here suggests a possible error in transcription: gam madhmēn tiddōmı̄ , "Also, Madmen, thou shalt be silenced." The initial " M " of "Madmen" may have arisen by dittography from the last letter of gam . We should then vocalize it as " Dimon ," which of course is "Dibon."