Lexical Definition

‎תִּמְנָע‎ Timnâʻ (tim-naw') Timna ^N:N-F-P
from ‎מָנַע‎; restraint

Timna, Timnah.

• § Timna or Timnah = "restrained"
• Timna, the name of two Edomites

n pr m
1) a chief or duke of Esau and of Edom
n pr f
2) the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau
3) daughter of Seir the Horite and sister of Lotan

Extended Information

• A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.22
• daughter of: Seir (שֵׂעִיר)
• sister of: Lotan (לוֹטָן), Shobal (שׁוֹבָל), Zibeon (צִבְעוֹן), Anah (עֲנָה), Dishon (דִּישׁוֹן), Ezer (אֶצֶר) and Dishan (דִּישָׁן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תִּמְנָע‎ proper name, masculine and feminine Edomite name. ᵐ5 θαμνα: —

1. ‎תִּמְנָע‎ proper name, masculine
a. a chief of Edom Gen 36:40 = 1Chr 1:51.
b. son of Eliphaz 1Chr 1:36 (for Korah Gen 36:15; Gen 36:16).

2. ‎תִּמְנָע֑‎ feminine Gen 36:22 = 1Chr 1:39 sister of Lotan (of Seir); Gen 3:12 concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau.

‎מַנְעוּל‎, [‎מִנְעָל‎] see ‎נעל‎. [‎מַנְעַמִּים‎] see ‎נעם‎. ‎מְנַָֽעַנְעִים‎ see ‎נוע‎. [‎מְנַקִּית‎], ‎מְנַקִּיָּה‎ see ‎נקה‎ ‎מֵנֶ֫קֶת‎ see ‎ינק‎ Hiph`il ‎מְנֹרָה‎ see ‎מְנוֺרָה‎ below ‎נור‎.

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