Lexicon
תִּמְנָה
tim.nah
H8553
N:N--L Hebrew

Timnah

12
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

tim.nah is a proper place-name marking a town, a border point, and a destination in several biblical narratives.

The supplied occurrences consistently use the noun as a proper place-name: it identifies a destination for Judah and Samson, a point on a boundary, a city in territorial lists, and a city captured in a raid.

Senses in use

  1. Proper place-name in geographic and narrative settings · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout. In Genesis 38:12 the APB renders Judah as going “to Timnah” to shear his flock, while Judges 14:5 renders Samson and his parents as going down there and reaching its vineyards. Joshua 15:10 places it on a border route, and 2 Chronicles 28:18 includes it among cities captured by the Philistines.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the name as “Timnah,” including after movement verbs, in boundary and city lists, and with the phrase “its daughters.” These English constructions show the clauses’ setting rather than supplying separate meanings for the term.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture