King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8486
Transliteration: teman
Phonetic Spelling: (tay-mawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: south, south wind
Meaning: south, south wind
Word Summary
teman: south, south wind
Original Word: תֵּימָןTransliteration: teman
Phonetic Spelling: (tay-mawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: south, south wind
Meaning: south, south wind
Strong's Concordance
south side, Or teman {tay-mawn'}; denominative from yamiyn; the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east) -- south (side, -ward, wind).
see HEBREW yamiyn
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8486. teman
I. תֵּימָן noun feminineIsaiah 43:6 south, south wind, chiefly poetic, P & Ezekiel (literally what is on the right (hand), i.e. as one faces east; see WetzstVerhandi. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390) — absolute ׳ת Zechariah 9:14 6t. (׳הַתּ only 6:6); תֵּמָן Job 9:9; with ה locative תֵּימָ֫נָה Exodus 26:18 12t.; —
1. a. south, southern quarter of sky, לְתֵימָן Job 39:26 (of flight of bird); of constellations ת ׳חַדְרֵי 9:9; ת ׳סַעֲרוֺת Zechariah 9:14 whirlwinds of the south; of territory, the south Isaiah 43:6 (opposed to צָפוֺן), also הַתּ ׳אֶרֶץ Zechariah 6:6 (opposed to צָפוֺן אֶרֶץ); ת מִקְצֵה ׳נֶגְכָּה 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 מְּאַת Exodus 26:18 (P), ׳פ ׳ת ׳נ Ezekiel 47:19, ׳פ ת ׳נֶגֶב Exodus 27:9; 36:33; 38:9 (all P), Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28; + צלע side Exodus 26:35, ירך Numbers 3:29 (both P); also 2:10; 10:6 (P); וְת וְצָפֹ֫נָה ׳יָ֫מָּה וּמִזְרָחָה Deuteronomy 3:27; ה locative in redundant in תֵּימָ֫נָה דֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 21:2 turn they face southward ("" דָּרוֺם and נֶגֶב).
2 south wind Psalm 78:26 (קָדִים in "" clause), Song of Solomon 4:16 (צָפוֺן in "" clause)