mad.he.vah denotes the insolent quality whose cessation is proclaimed in a taunt against Babylon’s king.

The sole attested use names the insolent quality said to have ceased in the taunt directed against the king of Babylon.

1. Insolence brought to an end · dominant

   In Isaiah 14:4, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the taunt against the king of Babylon, where the clause declares that the oppressor and this quality have ceased. The APB renders the clause, "how his insolence has ceased!"

   Isaiah 14:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 14:4, the APB presents the noun in the clause "how his insolence has ceased!" This rendering confirms the verse’s portrayal without establishing finer distinctions.