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title: תִּימָרָה — column · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּימָרָה (8490), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: column. BDB 1906: n.f. column. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּימָרָה

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«תִּימָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **column** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8490 · **BDB:** תִּימָרָה²

### Glosses

columns (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

column [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8490/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. column [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8490/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (palm-like column (spreading at top; cf. Ol§ 184 b);—pl. cstr. תִּימֲרוֹת עָשָׁן Jo 3:3 Ct 3:6 (cf. עַמּוּד עָשָׁן in prose Ju 20:40).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּימָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8490/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.3.3/)

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וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ מֽוֹפְתִ֔ים בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּבָאָ֑רֶץ דָּ֣ם וָאֵ֔שׁ וְתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.put wonders in the heavens and on the earth blood and fire and columns of.smoke

*JPS 1917:* And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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[Song of Songs 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.3.6/)

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מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מוֹר֙ וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל אַבְקַ֥ת רוֹכֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* who? this \[is\].coming.up from the wilderness like columns of.smoke \[she.is\].perfumed of.myrrh and frankincense from all \[the\].scent-powder of.a.trader

*JPS 1917:* Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

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