תימן

See also: תּימן

Hebrew

Root
י־מ־ן (y-m-n)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

תֵּימָן • (teimán) m

1. (Biblical Hebrew) south

   Synonyms: (modern) דָּרוֹם (daróm), (biblical) נֶגֶב (negév), ( biblical) יָמִין (yamín)

   • Tanach, Numbers 2:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     דֶּגֶל מַחֲנֵה רְאוּבֵן תֵּימָנָה לְצִבְאֹתָם וְנָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן אֶלִיצוּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאוּר׃

     deḡel maḥănēh rəʾûḇēn têmānāh ləṣiḇʾōṯām wənāśîʾ liḇnê rəʾûḇēn ʾelîṣûr ben-šəḏêʾûr.

     On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

References

• H8486 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

דגל תימן

תֵּימָן • (teimán) m

1. (Biblical Hebrew) Teman (a region in Edom)
2. Yemen (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• תֵּימָנִי (teimaní)