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)

1. there, yonder
   • Tanach, 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

References

“tmh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–