תֵּימָן

n.f. Is 43:6 south, south wind, chiefly poet., P & Ez (lit. what is on the right (hand), i.e. as one faces east; v. WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 390)—abs. ת׳ Zc 9:14 + 6 times (הַתּ׳ only Zc 6:6); תֵּמָן Jb 9:9; c. ה loc. תֵּימָ֫נָה Ex 26:18 + 12 times;— south, southern quarter of sky, לְתֵימָן Jb 39:26 (of flight of bird); of constellations חַדְרֵי ת׳ 9:9; סַעֲרוֹת ת׳ Zc 9:14 whirlwinds of the south; of territory, the south Is 43:6 (opp. צָפוֹן), also אֶרֶץ הַתּ׳ Zc 6:6 (opp. אֶרֶץ צָפוֹן); נֶגְבָּה מִקְצֵה ת׳ Jos 15:1 southward at the end of the south, i.e. in the remotest south (of the land);—see also ii. ת׳. c. ה loc. toward the south, especially in topograph. description (often with other points of compass), פְּאַת נֶ֫גְבָּה תֵּימָ֫נָה Ex 26:18 (P), פ׳ת׳נ׳ Ez 47:19, פ׳ נֶגֶב ת׳ Ex 27:9; 36:23; 38:9 (all P), Ez 47:19; 48:28; + צלע side Ex 26:35, ירך Nu 3:29 (both P); also Nu 2:10; 10:6 (P); יָ֫מָּה וְצָפֹ֫נָה וְת׳ וּמִזְרָחָה Dt 3:27; ה loc. is redundant in דֶּרֶךְ תֵּימָ֫נָה Ez 21:2 turn thy face southward (‖ דָּרוֹם and נֶגֶב). south wind ψ 78:26 (קָדִים in ‖ cl.), Ct 4:16 (צָפוֹן in ‖ cl.)