טָמַןṭâman

hide, conceal

Pronunciation: taw-man' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2934

Meanings

Qal

1. hide (Genesis 35:4; Exodus 2:12; Joshua 2:6)

2. often of hiding, concealing, secretly laying a snare (Psalms 9:16; Psalms 35:8; Psalms 31:5)

3. darkness, that which is darkened = (Job 40:13; Job 20:26)

Niph`al: hide thyself (Isaiah 2:10)

Hiph`il: and they went and hid (it), i.e. plunder from Aramaic camp (2 Kings 7:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 31 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 35:4 So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.
  • Exodus 2:12 After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.
  • Deuteronomy 33:19 They summon the people to the mountain to offer proper sacrifices there. They benefit from the riches of the sea and the hidden treasures in the sand.”
  • Joshua 2:6 (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.)
  • Joshua 7:21 Among the plunder I saw a beautiful robe from Babylon, 200 silver coins, and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound. I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest.”
  • Joshua 7:22 So Joshua sent some men to make a search. They ran to the tent and found the stolen goods hidden there, just as Achan had said, with the silver buried beneath the rest.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).