H4719 H4719
Makkedah, a Canaanite royal city in the Shephelah lowlands of Judah, captured by Joshua during his southern campaign.
A Canaanite city in the low hill country of Judah, Makkedah is remembered chiefly for the dramatic episode in which five Amorite kings hid in its cave during Joshua's rout after the battle of Gibeon (Josh 10:16-17). Joshua sealed the cave, completed the pursuit, then returned to execute the kings and capture the city (Josh 10:28). It appears in the list of conquered kings (Josh 12:16) and among the towns of Judah's inheritance (Josh 15:41). The Greek Septuagint renders it Makeda, and the site is tentatively identified near modern el-Mughar, southwest of Ekron.
Senses
1. Makkedah (proper name, Canaanite city) — The proper place-name Makkedah, designating a fortified Canaanite city in the Shephelah near Beth-horon and Libnah. All nine occurrences cluster around Joshua's southern campaign narrative (Josh 10:10, 16, 17, 21, 28, 29; 12:16; 15:41). The multilingual evidence uniformly transliterates the name -- Spanish 'Maqueda,' French and German 'Makkedah' -- confirming its status as a single, unambiguous toponym with no semantic extension. 9×
AR["في-مَقيدَةَ","مَقيدَةَ","مَقّيدةَ","مِن-مَقيدَةَ","وَ-مَقّيدةُ"]·ben["এবং-মক্কেদা","মক্কেদা-থেকে","মক্কেদাকে","মক্কেদায়","মক্কেদার","মক্কেদাহে","মক্কেদাহের"]·DE["Makkedah","bei-Makkedah","und-Makkedah","von-Makkedah"]·EN["Makkedah","and-Makkedah","at-Makkedah","from-Makkedah"]·FR["Makkedah","de-Makkedah","et-Makkedah","à-Makkedah"]·heb["ב-מקדה","ו-מקדה","מ-מקדה","מקדה"]·HI["और-मक्केदा","मक्केदा","मक्केदा-के","मक्केदा-को","मक्केदा-में","मक्केदा-से"]·ID["Makeda","dan-Makeda","dari-Makeda","di-Makeda"]·IT["Makkeda","a-Makkeda","da-Makkeda","e-Makkeda"]·jav["Makeda","lan-Makèda","saking-Makeda","wonten-Makeda"]·KO["그리고-막게다","마거다로","마거다를","마거다에서","마거다의","마걸다까지","막게다의","에-마거다에"]·PT["Maqqedah","de-Maqqedah","e-Maqqedah","em-Maqqedah"]·RU["Маккеду","Маккеды","в-Маккеде","в-Маккеду","и-Маккеда","из-Маккеды"]·ES["Maqueda","de-Maqueda","en-Maqueda","y-Maquedá"]·SW["Makeda","katika-Makeda","kutoka-Makeda","na-Makeda"]·TR["Makkeda'da","Makkeda'dan","Makkeda'nın","Makkeda'ya","Makkeda'yı","ve-Makkeda"]·urd["اور-مقیدہ","مقیدہ","مقیدہ-سے","مقیدہ-میں","مقیدہ-کا","مقیدہ-کے"]
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
† מַקֵּדָה n.pr.loc. in Judah Jos 15:41, near Beth Horon Jos 10:10, and Libnah v 29, where was a cave v 16, 17, cf. v 21, captured by Joshua v 28, with a king v 28; 12:16. 𝔊 Μακηδα. Site dubious, WarrenSurvey Mem. ii. 411 ff., 427 comp. El-mughâr, c. 2¾ miles SW. from Ekron.