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title: תֵּימָא — Tema · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֵּימָא (8485), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Tema. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֵּימָא

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«תֵּימָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tema** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8485 · **BDB:** תֵּימָא

### Glosses

Tema (3); of.Tema (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tema [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8485/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8485/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. et gent. (O Aramaic תימא Lzb 385; in Assyrian Têma DlPa 301 f. Schr KGF 261 ff.; = south country, √ ימא (cf. II. תֵּימָן according to NöEncy. Bib. ishmael);—ישְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ ת׳ Is 21:14, people Je 25:23; ת׳ ‘son’ of Ishmael Gn 25:15 ‖ 1 Ch 1:30; אָרְחוֹת תֵּמָא (l.אֹרְ׳) Jb 6:19; Θαιμαν. Mod. Teyma, NW. Arabia, DoughtyArab. Des. i, pass., especially 284–299 WilsonHast. DB tema, and on inscr. found there EutNab. Inschr. 35 CIS ii, No. 113.114 NöSBAk 1884, 813 f. HalRÉJ xii, 111 ff. Cooke 195 ff.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֵּימָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8485/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 25:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.15/)

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חֲדַ֣ד וְתֵימָ֔א יְט֥וּר נָפִ֖ישׁ וָקֵֽדְמָה׃

*Word for word:* Hadad and Tema Jetur Naphish and Kedemah

*JPS 1917:* Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedem;

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[1 Chronicles 1:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.30/)

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מִשְׁמָ֣ע וְדוּמָ֔ה מַשָּׂ֖א חֲדַ֥ד וְתֵימָֽא׃

*Word for word:* Mishma and Dumah Massa Hadad and Tema

*JPS 1917:* Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

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