תִּמְנָה
Timnâh · tim-naw'
Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4487 (מָנָה); a portion assigned;
Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תִּמְנָה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to timnath5 · 42%
- in timnath2 · 17%
- to timnah1 · 8%
- and timnah1 · 8%
- and thimnathah1 · 8%
- of timnath1 · 8%
- thereof, and timnah1 · 8%
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.