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title: תִּמְנָע — Timna · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּמְנָע (8555), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Timna. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּמְנָע

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«תִּמְנָע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Timna** — 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:** 8555 · **BDB:** תִּמְנָע

### Glosses

Timna (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Timna [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8555/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8555/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. and f. Edomite name. 𝔊 Θαμνα:— תִּמְנָע n.pr.m. a chief of Edom Gn 36:40=1 Ch 1:51. son of Eliphaz 1 Ch 1:36 (for Korah Gn 36:15, 16). תִּמְנָע֑ f. Gn 36:22=1 Ch 1:39 sister of Lotan (of Seir); Gn 36:12 concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «תִּמְנָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8555/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 1:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.39/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י לוֹטָ֖ן חֹרִ֣י וְהוֹמָ֑ם וַאֲח֥וֹת לוֹטָ֖ן תִּמְנָֽע׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Lotan \[were\].Hori and Homam and.\[was\] the.sister of.Lotan Timna

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

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[Genesis 36:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.22/)

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וַיִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־לוֹטָ֖ן חֹרִ֣י וְהֵימָ֑ם וַאֲח֥וֹת לוֹטָ֖ן תִּמְנָֽע׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Lotan Hori and Hemam and.\[was\] the.sister of.Lotan Timna

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

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