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title: תִּמְנָה — Timnah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּמְנָה (8553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Timnah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּמְנָה

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«תִּמְנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Timnah** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 8553 · **BDB:** תִּמְנָה

### Glosses

Timnah (5); to (4); (of).to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Timnah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (prob.=portion, territory);—(תִּמְנָה Jos 15:10, 57 2 Ch 28:18; תִּמְנָ֫תָה \[as nomin. v. GFM Ju 14:1\] Jos 19:43 Ju 14:1, 2, 5; c. ה loc. תִּמְנָ֫תָה Gn 38:12, 13, 14 Ju 14:1, 5; 𝔊 Θαμνα, Θαμναθα):— place in hill-country of Judah Gn 38:12, 13, 14 prob.=Jos 15:57. Site unknown (cf. Di Gn 38:12 RobBR ii. 17 n.). place on border of Judah Jos 15:10; 19:43 (assigned to Dan), Ju 14:1(×2), 2, 5(×2); 2 Ch 28:18. Mod. Tibneh, c. 15 m. S. of W. from Jerusalem cf. RobBR ii.17 BuhlGeogr. 196.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּמְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.43/)

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וְאֵיל֥וֹן וְתִמְנָ֖תָה וְעֶקְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Elon and (to) Timnah and Ekron

*JPS 1917:* and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron;

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[Joshua 15:57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.57/)

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הַקַּ֖יִן גִּבְעָ֣ה וְתִמְנָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים עֶ֖שֶׂר וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* (the) Kain Gibeah and Timnah cities ten and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

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