תֵּימָן
têmān
south
Strong's H8486NounHebrewTWOT 872e

תֵּימָן (têmān) is a Hebrew noun meaning south. It appears 23 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8486).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 872e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 872e)south, south wind; right; southward
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תֵּימָן noun, feminine: south, south wind

south, south wind, chiefly poetic

Strong's H8486 תֵּימָן: the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
KJV:south (side, -ward, wind).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 872: אָמַן ʾāman — go to, choose the right, use the right hand; right hand; turn to the right

See it in Scripture

Exodus 26:18Numbers 2:10Deuteronomy 3:27

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