Hebrew word · H8526

תַּלְמַי

talmai

Talmai

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22;

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 Judah

2) son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, later king of Geshur himself, and father of Maacah, the mother of Absalom and wife of David

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 1
  1. Numbers 13:22 וְתַלְמַ֔י and Talmai

    They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

    Here: 'And Talmai.' The third name. A later king of Geshur has the same name (2 Sam 3:3), and the name may be Hurrian, from the non-Semitic peoples known in Bronze Age Canaan.

Joshua · 1
  1. Joshua 15:14 תַּלְמַ֔י Talmai

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

    Here: The third name. The king of Geshur, David's father-in-law, has the same name (2 Sam 3:3). It is often linked to Hurrian *talmi*, 'great', but that is only a proposal.

Judges · 1
  1. Judges 1:10 תַּלְמָֽי׃ Talmai

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

2 Samuel · 2
  1. 2 Samuel 3:3 תַּלְמַ֖י Talmai

    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;

  2. 2 Samuel 13:37 תַּלְמַ֥י Talmai

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

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 3:2 תַּלְמַ֖י Talmai

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

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.