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Teman

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Type Settlement
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Scripts תֵּימָן(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Means "right hand" or "south" in Hebrew. This is an Edomite town in the Old Testament, supposedly named for a grandson of Esau.

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RootTeman (given name)

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8487, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8487.
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Entry updated October 6, 2024

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