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title: תַּלְמַי — Talmai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּלְמַי (8526), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Talmai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּלְמַי

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«תַּלְמַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Talmai** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8526 · **BDB:** תַּלְמַי

### Glosses

Talmai (4); of.Talmai (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Talmai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8526/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8526/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Geshur, father-in-law of David, 2 S 3:3; 13:37; 1 Ch 3:2. a son of ʿAnaḳ Nu 13:22; Jos 15:14, תַּלְמָ֑י Ju 1:10; Θομμει, Θολμει, Θαλαμειν, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «תַּלְמַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8526/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.2/)

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הַשְּׁלִשִׁי֙ לְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם בֶּֽן־מַעֲכָ֔ה בַּת־תַּלְמַ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר הָרְבִיעִ֖י אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה בֶן־חַגִּֽית׃

*Word for word:* the third \[was\].(to) Absalom the.son of.Maacah the.daughter of.Talmai the.king of.Geshur the fourth \[was\].Adonijah the.son of.Haggith

*JPS 1917:* the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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[2 Samuel 13:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.37/)

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וְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם בָּרַ֔ח וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־תַּלְמַ֥י בֶּן־עַמִּיה֖וּד מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל עַל־בְּנ֖וֹ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Absalom he.fled and he.went to Talmai the.son of.Ammihud the.king of.Geshur and he.mourned on son his all the days

*JPS 1917:* But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

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