Word Study · Strong's H8489 · Hebrew
תֵּימָנִי
Temani
tay-maw-nee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Têymânîy
“a Temanite or descendant of Teman”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Temanite or descendant of Teman
Rendered in the KJV as
Temani, Temanite.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י2
- הַתֵּימָנִֽי׃2
- הַתֵּימָנִי֙1
- הַתֵּֽימָנִ֗י1
- הַתֵּֽימָנִ֜י1
- הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Temanite6
- the Temanite[s]2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)8
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 8
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Job6 occurrences
- Job 2:11הַתֵּימָנִי֙hateimanithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.here: the Temanite
- Job 4:1הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יhateimanithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:here: the Temanite
- Job 15:1הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יhateimanithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:here: the Temanite
- Job 22:1הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗יhatemanithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:here: the Temanite
- Job 42:7הַתֵּֽימָנִ֗יhateimanithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.here: the Temanite
- Job 42:9הַתֵּֽימָנִ֜יhateimanithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.here: the Temanite