תֵּימָן
Têymân · tay-mawn'
Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֵּמָן; the same as H8486 (תֵּימָן);
Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: south, Teman.
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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- teman4 · 36%
- from teman2 · 18%
- were teman1 · 9%
- no more in teman1 · 9%
- of teman1 · 9%
- upon teman1 · 9%
- men, o teman1 · 9%
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.