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title: מָדוֹן — Madon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָדוֹן (4068), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Madon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָדוֹן

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«מָדוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Madon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4068 · **BDB:** מָדוֹן²

### Glosses

of.Madon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Madon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4068/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4068/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. a royal city of the Canaanites Jos 11:1; 12:19; 𝔊 Μαρρν, Μαδων, Λαμορων;= Madîn. close to Hattîn, Surveyi. 365, dub.; a village Maron lies 2 hours WSW. from Kedesh, van deVeldeMem 146, cf. Di.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָדוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4068/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.19/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ מָדוֹן֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חָצ֖וֹר אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Madon one the.king of.Hazor one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

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[Joshua 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.1/)

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וַיְהִ֕י כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־חָצ֑וֹר וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֶל־יוֹבָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מָד֔וֹן וְאֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְר֖וֹן וְאֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אַכְשָֽׁף׃

*Word for word:* and it.was just as.heard Jabin the.king of.Hazor and he.sent to Jobab the.king of.Madon and to the.king of.Shimron and to the.king of.Acshaph

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

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