temani · Temanite

What it means

temani (תֵּימָנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Temanite”.

From the region of Teman, in Edom.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Temanite: from Teman, a region of Edom.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Temanite ×6
• Temanites ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Job×6

• Genesis 36:34

  Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

• 1 Chronicles 1:45

  And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

• Job 2:11

  When Job’s three companions heard all this evil that had come upon him, they came, each from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; they arranged to meet together to come to show him sympathy and to comfort him.

• Job 4:1

  Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

• Job 15:1

  And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

• Job 22:1

  And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

• Job 42:7

  And it happened, after YHWH had spoken these words to Job, that YHWH said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger burns against you and against your two companions, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

• Job 42:9

  So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as YHWH had told them; and YHWH accepted Job.