Lexicon :: Strong's H8486 - têmān

תֵּימָן

Transliteration

têmān

Pronunciation

tay-mawn'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Denominative from יָמִין (H3225)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 872e

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תֵּימָן têymân, tay-mawn'; or תֵּמָן têmân; denominative from H3225; the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east):—south (side, -ward, wind).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H8486 in the following manner: south (11x), southward (8x), south side (2x), south coast (1x), south wind (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H8486 in the following manner: south (11x), southward (8x), south side (2x), south coast (1x), south wind (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

south, southward, whatever is on the right (so the southern quarter), south wind
1. south (of territory)
2. southern quarter (of the sky)
3. toward the south, southward (of direction)
4. south wind

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

תֵּימָן têymân, tay-mawn'; or תֵּמָן têmân; denominative from H3225; the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east):—south (side, -ward, wind).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8486: Abbreviations

† I. תֵּימָן noun feminine^{Isaiah 43:6} south, south wind, chiefly poetic, P & Ezekiel (literally what is on the right (hand), i.e. as one faces east; see Wetzst^{Verhandi. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390}) — absolute ת׳ Zechariah 9:14 + 6 times (הַתּ׳ only Zechariah 6:6); תֵּמָן Job 9:9; with ה locative תֵּימָ֫נָה Exodus 26:18 + 12 times; —

a. south, southern quarter of sky, לְתֵימָן Job 39:26 (of flight of bird); of constellations חַדְרֵי ת׳ Job 9:9; סַעֲרוֺת ת׳ Zechariah 9:14 whirlwinds of the south; of territory, the south Isaiah 43:6 (opposed to צָפוֺן), also אֶרֶץ הַתּ׳ Zechariah 6:6 (opposed to אֶרֶץ צָפוֺן); נֶגְכָּה מִקְצֵה ת׳ Joshua 15:1 southward at the end of the south, i.e. in the remotest south (of the land); — see also II. ת׳.

b. with ה locative toward the south, especially in topograph. description (often with other points of compass), תֵּימָ֫נָה נֶ֫גְבָּה פְּאַת Exodus 26:18 (P), נ׳ ת׳ פ׳ Ezekiel 47:19, נֶגֶב ת׳ פ׳ Exodus 27:9; Exodus 36:33; Exodus 38:9 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28; + צלע side Exodus 26:35, ירך Numbers 3:29 (both P); also Numbers 2:10; Numbers 10:6 (P); וּמִזְרָחָה יָ֫מָּה וְצָפֹ֫נָה וְת׳ Deuteronomy 3:27; ה locative in redundant in דֶּרֶךְ תֵּימָ֫נָה Ezekiel 21:2 turn they face southward (|| דָּרוֺם and נֶגֶב).

2. south wind Psalm 78:26 (קָדִים in || clause), Songs 4:16 (צָפוֺן in || clause)

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