International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Madmen

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Madmen


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mad´men (מדמן, madhmēn; καὶ παῦσιν παύσεται, kaı́ paúsin paúsetai): An unidentified town in Moab against which Jeremiah prophesied (). 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.”