H4081 H4081
Middin; a city in the wilderness of Judah
A place name occurring once in Joshua 15:61, listing cities in Judah's wilderness territory. The site remains unidentified archaeologically. The Septuagint transliterates it as Madden or Maddein, showing ancient uncertainty about pronunciation. Despite the mystery of its location, the name itself is clear: a small settlement in the barren regions east of Jerusalem.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Joshua's tribal allotments preserve many place names whose locations are now lost. Middin appears in a cluster of six wilderness cities, suggesting a small oasis or fortified outpost. The uniform transliteration across languages (English, Spanish, French all use 'Middin') indicates this is purely a proper name with no recoverable etymology. 1×
AR["مِدّينُ"]·ben["মিদ্দীন"]·DE["Middin"]·EN["Middin"]·FR["Middin"]·heb["מדין"]·HI["मिद्दीन"]·ID["Midin"]·IT["Middin"]·jav["Midin"]·KO["미딘"]·PT["Middin"]·RU["Миддин"]·ES["Midín"]·SW["Midini"]·TR["Middin"]·urd["مدین"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִדִּין n.pr.loc. city of Judah Jos 15:61, site unknown, A Μαθων; 𝔊L Μαδδειν.