תֵּימָן
têymân · tay-mawn'
the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֵּמָן; denominative from H3225 (יָמִין);
the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: south (side, -ward, wind).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֵּימָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- southward7 · 30%
- toward the south3 · 13%
- on the south side2 · 9%
- of the south2 · 9%
- and southward1 · 4%
- and from the south1 · 4%
- from the south1 · 4%
- of the south coast1 · 4%
- the south wind1 · 4%
- thou south1 · 4%
- and to the south1 · 4%
- the south1 · 4%
- and this is the south1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.