Lexical Definition

‎תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס‎ Timnath Chereç (tim-nath kheh'-res) Timnath-heres ^N:N--L
or תִּמְנַת סֶרַח Timnath Çerach (tim-nath seh'-rakh); from ‎תִּמְנָה‎ and ‎חֶרֶס‎; portion of (the) sun

Timnath-heres, Timnath-serah.

• § Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"
• Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine

1) a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried

Extended Information

name of: תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס

• Timnath-serah (or Timnath-heres) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion"
• Another name of tim.nat che.res (‎ת‎ִּ‎מ‎ְ‎נ‎ַ‎ת‎ ‎ח‎ֶ‎ר‎ֶ‎ס‎ "Timnath-heres" תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תִּמְנַת חֶ֫רֶס‎ proper name, of a location (probably = (sacred) territory of the Sun.; WMM^As.u.Eur.165 thinks perhaps Egyptian Hï-ra-tà); in hill-country of Ephraim, westward, Judg 2:9 = following (compare GFM) = Θαμναθα 1 Makk Judg 9:50 = modern Tibneh, approximately 17 miles west of north from Jerusalem, see also Buhl^{Geogr. 170}.

‎תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח‎ proper name, of a location by metathesis from foregoing, to avoid idolatrous suggestion (GFM^{Judg 2:9}), Josh 19:50; Josh 24:30. ‎מִנְהָג‎ see ‎נהג‎ [‎מִנְהָרָה‎] see II. ‎נהר‎ ‎מָנוֺד‎ see ‎נוד‎ I. II. ‎מָנוֺחַ‎, ‎מְנוּחָה‎ see ‎נוח‎.

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