תִּמְנָהTimnâh

proper name [of a location]: portion, territory

Pronunciation: tim-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8553

Meanings

1. place in hill-country of Judah (Genesis 38:12; Genesis 38:13; Genesis 38:14)

2. place on border of Judah (Joshua 15:10; Joshua 19:43; Judges 14:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 38:12 Some years later Judah’s wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.
  • Genesis 38:13 Someone told Tamar, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
  • Genesis 38:14 Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow’s clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.
  • Joshua 15:10 The boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.
  • Joshua 15:57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their surrounding villages.
  • Joshua 19:43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
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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).