Madmen

MADMEN mad'-men (madhmen; kai pausin pausetai):

An unidentified town in Moab against which Jeremiah prophesied (48:2). The play upon the words here suggests a possible error in transcription: gam madhmen tiddomi, "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."

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MADMEN'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.