What does מַדְמֵנָה (madĕmēnāh) mean in the Bible?
מַדְמֵנָה (madĕmēnāh): Place of refuse and shame; metaphorically represents debasement, humiliation, or the lowest social status in Hebrew thought
Hebrew · H4087
מַדְמֵנָה
A dunghill
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מַדְמֵנָה H4087
Pronunciation madĕmēnāh
What does מַדְמֵנָה (madĕmēnāh) mean in the Bible?
מַדְמֵנָה (madĕmēnāh): Place of refuse and shame; metaphorically represents debasement, humiliation, or the lowest social status in Hebrew thought
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4087?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include into the dung pile (1).
Where does מַדְמֵנָה (madĕmēnāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 25:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It into the dung pile 1× Isaiah 25:10
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First aligned row Isaiah 25:10
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Isaiah 1
Source forms
מַדְמֵנָֽה׃ 1x maḏ·mê·nāh Isaiah 25:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 25:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Place of refuse and shame; metaphorically represents debasement, humiliation, or the lowest social status in Hebrew thought
Source Gloss
a dunghill
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Place of refuse and shame; metaphorically represents debasement, humiliation, or the lowest social status in Hebrew thought
a dunghill BDB: dung-place Usage: dunghill.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מַדְמֵנָה is built from this root:
דֹּמֶן H1828
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain