BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4089
mad.man.nah — Madmannah
Madmannah = "dunghill" one of the towns in the south district of Judah Also named: bet ham.mar.ka.vot (בֵּית מַרְכָּבוֹת "Beth-marcaboth" H1024)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1024
bet ham.mar.ka.vot — Beth-marcaboth
Beth-marcaboth = "house of the chariots" a place in Simeon Another name of mad.man.nah (מַדְמַנָּה "Madmannah" H4089G)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8174
sha.aph — Shaaph
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.47; son of Caleb (H3612H) and Jahdai (H3056); brother of: Regem (H7276), Jotham (H3147I), Geshan (H1529), Pelet (H6404) and Ephah (H5891I) § Shaaph = "division" 1) son of Jahdai of the family of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel 2) son of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah and father of Madmannah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Dunghill, the modern el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of Gaza (Josh. 15:31; 1 Chr. 2:49), in the south of Judah. The Pal. Mem., however, suggest Umm Deimneh, 12 miles north-east of Beersheba, as the site.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
