Lexical Definition

‎תֵּימָן‎ têymân (tay-mawn') south ^H:N-F
or תֵּמָן têmân (tay-mawn'); denominative from ‎יָמִין‎

south (side, -ward, wind).

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

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

See Greek: θάλασσα · λίψ · νότος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎תֵּימָן‎ noun feminine^{Isa 43:6} south, south wind, chiefly poetic, P & Ezekiel (literally what is on the right (hand), i.e. as one faces east; see Wetzst^{Verhandi. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390}) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Zech 9:14 + 6 t. (‎׳‎‎הַתּ‎ only Zech 6:6); ‎תֵּמָן‎ Job 9:9 with ‎ה‎ locative ‎תֵּימָ֫נָה‎ Exod 26:18 + 12 t.; —

1. a. south, southern quarter of sky, ‎לְתֵימָן‎ Job 39:26 (of flight of bird); of constellations ‎׳‎‎חַדְרֵי ת‎ Job 9:9 ‎׳‎‎סַעֲרוֺת ת‎ Zech 9:14 whirlwinds of the south; of territory, the south Isa 43:6 (opposed to ‎צָפוֺן‎), also ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ הַתּ‎ Zech 6:6 (opposed to ‎אֶרֶץ צָפוֺן‎); ‎׳‎‎נֶגְכָּה מִקְצֵה ת‎ Josh 15:1 southward at the end of the south, i.e. in the remotest south (of the land); — see also II. ‎׳‎‎ת‎.
b. with ‎ה‎ locative toward the south, especially in topograph. description (often with other points of compass), ‎פְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה‎ Exod 26:18 (P), ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Ezek 47:19, ‎׳‎‎נֶגֶב ת‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 27:9; Exod 36:33; Exod 38:9 (all P), Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 + ‎צלע‎ side Exod 26:35, ‎ירך‎ Num 3:29 (both P); also Num 2:10; Num 10:6 (P); ‎וּמִזְרָחָה‎ ‎׳‎‎יָ֫מָּה וְצָפֹ֫נָה וְת‎ Deut 3:27 ‎ה‎ locative in redundant in ‎דֶּרֶךְ תֵּימָ֫נָה‎ Ezek 21:2* turn they face southward (|| ‎דָּרוֺם‎ and ‎נֶגֶב‎).

2. south wind Ps 78:26 (‎קָדִים‎ in || clause), Song 4:16 (‎צָפוֺן‎ in || clause)

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