HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8553
תִּמְנָה
tim.nah — Timnah
§ Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah = "portion" a town on the northern boundary of Judah later assigned to Dan
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Timnath
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8556
תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס
tim.nat che.res — Timnath-heres
Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah) = "portion of the sun" or "abundant portion" a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried Also named: tim.nat se.rach (תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח "Timnath-serah" H8556B)
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תִּמְנִי
tim.ni — Timnite
Someone descended from Timna(?), only mentioned at Jdg.15.6 § Timnite = "thou wilt number: a portion" an inhabitant of Timnath or Timnah or Thimnathah
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Gen. 38:12, 14. (1.) Heb. Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version, Timnah, a town in Judah. (2.) The town where Samson sojourned, probably identical with “Timnah” (1) (Judg. 14:1-18).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.