Lexical Definition

‎תִּמְנָה‎ Timnâh (tim-naw') Timnah ^N:N--L
from ‎מָנָה‎; a portion assigned

Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.

• § Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah = "portion"
• Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine

1) a town on the northern boundary of Judah later assigned to Dan
2) a town in the hill country of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תִּמְנָה‎, ‎תִּמְנָ֫תָה‎ proper name, of a location (probably = portion, territory); — (‎חִמְנָה‎ Josh 15:10; Josh 15:57; 2Chr 28:18 ‎תִּמְנָ֫תֶה‎ [as nominative see GFM^{Judg 14:1}] Josh 19:43; Judg 14:1; Judg 14:2; Judg 14:5 with ‎ה‎ locative ‎תִּמְנָ֫תָה‎ Gen 38:12; Gen 38:13; Gen 38:14; Judg 14:1; Judg 14:5 ᵐ5 Θαμνα, Θαμναθα): —

1. place in hill-country of Judah Gen 38:12; Gen 38:13; Gen 38:14. probably = Josh 15:57. Site unknown (compare Di^{Gen 38:12} Rob^{BR ii. 17 n}.).

2. place on border of Judah Josh 15:10; Josh 19:43 (assigned to Dan), Judg 14:1 (twice in verse); Judg 14:2; Judg 14:5 (twice in verse); 2Chr 28:18. Modern Tibneh, approximately 15 miles south of west from Jerusalem compare Rob^{BR ii.17} Buhl^{Geogr. 196}.

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