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H8486 תֵּימָן (têymân) tay-mawn'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

south

Strong's Definition

the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)

Derivation: or תֵּמָן; denominative from H3225 (יָמִין);

KJV Usage: south (side, -ward, wind).

TWOT Reference: 872e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind
1a) south (of territory)
1b) southern quarter (of the sky)
1c) toward the south, southward (of direction)
1d) south wind

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תֵּימָן (te.man) — south. 1) south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind 1a) south (of territory) 1b) southern quarter (of the sky) 1c) toward the south, southward (of direction) 1d) south wind

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · ימן · תֵּימָנִי

Spatial Referents | ≈ נֶגֶב

south = a referent pointing in the direction to the right of a person facing the sunrise

EXO 26:18 · EXO 26:35 · EXO 27:9 · EXO 36:23 · EXO 38:9 · NUM 2:10 · NUM 3:29 · NUM 10:6 · DEU 3:27 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 13:4 · JOS 15:1 · JOB 9:9 · JOB 39:26 · ISA 43:6 · EZK 21:2 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 48:28 · ZEC 6:6 · ZEC 9:14

Blow

southwind = wind, ◄ emanating from the south

PSA 78:26 · SNG 4:16

name

Names of People

Teman = man; ◄ son of Eliphaz, son of Esau; ► chief of Edom

GEN 36:11 · GEN 36:15 · GEN 36:42 · 1CH 1:36 · 1CH 1:53

Names of Locations

Teman = area; ◄ territory of the most prominent tribe of Edom (ABD); ≈ sometimes used to refer to the entire territory of Edom

JER 49:7 · JER 49:20 · EZK 25:13 · AMO 1:12 · OBA 1:9 · HAB 3:3

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תֵּימָן n.f. south, south wind, chiefly poet. base

Bible Occurrences (21)

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