תמן
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- תמא
Etymology
Forms ending in the original final /ʔ/ persist into Middle Aramaic, then are displaced with the final nasal. Related to Arabic ثَمَّ (ṯamma) and to Hebrew שם (šam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tammɑn/
Adverb
תַּמָּן • (tammān)
- there, yonder
- Genesis 21:33, with translation of the New International Version:
- וּנצַב אִילָנָא בִּבאֵר שָׁבַע וְצַלִי תַמָן בִּשׁמָא דַייָ אֱלָהּ עָלְמָא
- Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God
- Genesis 21:33, with translation of the New International Version:
References
“tmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–