Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H8487 |
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| Word: | תֵּימָן תֵּמָן |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | the same as H8486 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | Teyman |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tay-mawn' (or Teman {tay-mawn'}) n/l. |
| Meaning: | 1. Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them |
| KJV Renderings: | south, Teman. |
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II. תֵּימָן proper name (masculine [also of a location] a northern district of Edom, poetic often = Edom Amos 1:12 (|| אֱדוֺם Amos 1:11, and בָּצְרָה), Obad 1:9 (|| הַרעֵֿשָׂו), Jer 49:7; Jer 49:20; Ezek 25:13 (all || אֱדוֺם ); Hab 3:3 (|| הַרפָּֿארָן); probably also Josh 12:3; Josh 13:4 (both D ); in Gen 3:6 ( P ) as name of an Edomite chief, son of אֱלִיפַז and grandson of Esau Gen 3:11 = 1Chr 1:36 1Chr 1:42 = 1Chr 1:53 so תֵּו֯מָן Gen 36:15. — See further BuhlEdomiter 30.
