Midvash

תֵּימָנִיTêymânîy

the Temanites, always with article, = proper name collective (Job 2:11; Job 4:1; Job 15:1; Job 42:7; Job 42:9)

Pronunciation: tay-maw-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8489

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 36:34 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:45 When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
  • Job 2:11 When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
  • Job 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:
  • Job 15:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
  • Job 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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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).