תֵּימָן
têmān

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning south
Literal translation south
Variants
תֵּימָן têmān
Edited by
south cardinal direction

chiefly poetic

הֲֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ יַאֲבֶר־נֵ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֖שׂ כְּנָפָ֣ו לְתֵימָֽן׃

hămibbînāt̲ək̲ā yaʾăb̲er-nēṣ yip̲rōś kənāp̲āw lət̲êmān.

‘Is it by your wisdom that the hawk grows pinions, Spreads his wings to the south?’

— Job 39 26

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תֵּימָן (Lemma #2561). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2561/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תֵּימָן (Lemma #2561). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2561/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). תֵּימָן (Lemma #2561). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2561/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) תֵּימָן (Lemma #2561), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2561/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2561,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {תֵּימָן ({Lemma} #2561)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2561/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2561/},
}