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( îִãְäֵáָä madhebah'; Sept. ( ἐðéóðïõäáóôήò ,Vulg. tributum), a term applied as an epithet of Babylon (Isa_14:4), and occurring nowhere else. Some derive it from the Aramoean ãְּäִá , gold, as a verb-form (in the Hip. part. fem.) = gold-making, i.e., exactress of gold, a not inapt emblem of the impe rial mart (parallel hemistich ðֹâֵùׁ , grinding); or else a heap or treasury of gold ( î pref. formative of place). So Gesenius prefers with hesitation (Thes. Heb. page 322 b), after Kimchi, Aben-Ezra, etc. Others (so Fürst, Heb. Lex. s.v.), following the Targums, Sept., Aquilla, Syriac, asnd Arab. of Sadias, prefer to read îִøְäֵáָä , in the sense of oppression, from øָäִá rahab', to scare (compare Isa_3:5, where øäá occurs in parallelism with ðâùׁ SEE BABYLON.