Lexical Definition

‎תֵּימָן‎ Têymân (tay-mawn') Teman ^N:N-M-P
or תֵּמָן Têmân (tay-mawn'); the same as ‎תֵּימָן‎

south, Teman.

• § Teman = "south"
• Teman, the name of two Edomites, and of the region and descendant of one of them

n pr m
1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom
2) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people
n pr loc
3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎תֵּימָן‎ proper name (masculine and) of a location a northern district of Edom, poetic often = Edom Amos 1:12 (|| ‎אֱדוֺם‎ vAmos 1:11, and ‎בָּצְרָה‎), Obad 1:9 (|| ‎הַרעֵֿשָׂו‎), Jer 49:7; Jer 49:20; Ezek 25:13 (all || ‎אֱדוֺם‎); Hab 3:3 (|| ‎הַרפָּֿארָן‎); probably also Josh 12:3; Josh 13:4 (both D); in Gen 3:6 (P) as name of an Edomite chief, son of ‎אֱלִיפַז‎ and grandson of Esau vGen 3:11 = 1Chr 1:36 v1Chr 1:42 = 1Chr 1:53 so ‎תֵּו֯מָן‎ Gen 36:15. — See further Buhl^{Edomiter 30}.

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