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title: תֵּימָן — south · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֵּימָן (8487), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: south. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֵּימָן

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«תֵּימָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **south** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 8487 · **BDB:** תֵּימָן²

### Glosses

Teman (8); O.Teman (1); \[were\].Teman (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

south [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8487/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8487/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (m. et) loc. a N. district of Edom, poet. often = Edom Am 1:12 (‖ אֱדוֹם v 11, and בָּצְרָה), Ob 9 (‖ הַר־עֵשָׂו), Je 49:7, 20; Ez 25:13 (all ‖ אֱדוֹם Hb 3:3 (‖ הַר־פָּארָן; prob. also Jos 12:3; 13:4 (both D); in Gn 3:6 (P) as name of an Edomite chief, son of אֱלִיפַז and grandson of Esau v 11 = 1 Ch 1:36; v 42 = 1 Ch 1:53; so תֵּומָ֯ן Gn 36:15.—Vid. further BuhlEdomiter 30; cf. תֵּימָא (p. 1066).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֵּימָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8487/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.42/)

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אַלּ֥וּף קְנַ֛ז אַלּ֥וּף תֵּימָ֖ן אַלּ֥וּף מִבְצָֽר׃

*Word for word:* chief Kenaz chief Teman chief Mibzar

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;

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[1 Chronicles 1:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.53/)

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אַלּ֥וּף קְנַ֛ז אַלּ֥וּף תֵּימָ֖ן אַלּ֣וּף מִבְצָֽר׃

*Word for word:* chief Kenaz chief Teman chief Mibzar

*JPS 1917:* the chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar;

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