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HebrewH8526Proper Noun (Masculine)

תַּלְמַי

tal.may

6Occurrences
H8526Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Talmai, the name of a Canaanite and a Syrian

from H8525 (תֶּלֶם); ridged;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Anak (H6061); brother of: Ahiman (H0289) and Sheshai (H8344) § Talmai = "furrowed" 1) one of the 3 sons of the giant Anak who were slain by the men of ) son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, later king of Geshur himself, and father of Maacah, the mother of Absalom and wife of David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

תַּלְמַי appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
2
1 Chronicles
1
Judges
1
Joshua
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:2BSB

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

2 Samuel 13:37BSB

Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.

2 Samuel 3:3BSB

his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel;his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

Judges 1:10BSB

Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Joshua 15:14BSB

And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.