Bible Location
Meaning: measure of a gift; preparation of a garment · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Madmannah was a southern town in Judah's Negeb region. It is important because it belongs to the sparse but significant pattern of settlements stretching toward the south-west frontier. First appears in Josh 15:31.1
Place meaning
measure of a gift; preparation of a garment
Coordinates
31.39, 34.94
First appears
Josh 15:31
AI summary: Madmannah matters through continuity of settlement in the south. Its references preserve the town in both territorial and genealogical memory, showing how even small Negeb communities remained part of Judah's identity. The cross references present Madmannah as a southern Judahite town of enduring local memory.1
Place meaning
measure of a gift; preparation of a garment
Latitude
31.39
Longitude
34.94
Bible references
2
Dunghill, the modern el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of Gaza (Josh. 15:31; 1 Chr. 2:49), in the south of Judah. The Pal. Mem., however, suggest Umm Deimneh, 12 miles north-east of Beersheba, as the site. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.