8526. Talmay

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Talmay: Talmay

Original Word: תַּלִמַי
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Talmay
Pronunciation: tal-MAI
Phonetic Spelling: (tal-mah'-ee)
Definition: Talmay
Meaning: Talmai

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Talmai

From telem; ridged; Talmai, the name of a Canaanite and a Syrian -- Talmai.

see HEBREW telem

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as telem
Definition
"plowman," a father-in-law of David, also a desc. of Anak
NASB Translation
Talmai (6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תַּלְמַי proper name, masculine 1. king of Geshur, father-in-law of David, 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37; 1 Chronicles 3:2.

2 a son of `Anak Numbers 13:22; Joshua 15:14, תַּלְמָ֑י Judges 1:10; Θομμει, Θολμει, Θαλαμειν, etc.

תַּלְמִיד see למד. [תְּלֻנָּה] see II. לון

תלע (√ of following; perhaps gnaw, see מְתַלְּעוֺת infra, and Dl^{Pr 113}, compare As tultu, worm).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root word תֶּלֶם (telem), meaning "furrow" or "ridge."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The corresponding Greek entry for Talmai is Strong's Greek Number G918, Θαλαμαι (Thalmai), which appears in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, maintaining the reference to the same individuals named Talmai in the Hebrew text.

Usage: The name Talmai appears in the Hebrew Bible as a personal name associated with two distinct individuals:

• Talmai, one of the Anakim, a race of giants in the land of Canaan.
• Talmai, the son of Ammihud, who was the king of Geshur and the father of Maacah, the wife of King David and mother of Absalom.

Context: Talmai is a name mentioned in the Old Testament, associated with two notable figures:

• Talmai the Anakite: He is listed among the descendants of Anak, a group of formidable giants inhabiting the land of Canaan. In the conquest narratives, Talmai is mentioned as one of the three sons of Anak whom the Israelites encountered. The presence of the Anakim, including Talmai, is noted in the context of the Israelite spies' report on the land of Canaan, which instilled fear among the Israelites due to the giants' imposing stature (Numbers 13:22). Caleb later drove out the descendants of Anak, including Talmai, from Hebron (Joshua 15:14).

• Talmai, King of Geshur: This Talmai is identified as the son of Ammihud and the king of Geshur, a small Aramean kingdom located northeast of the Sea of Galilee. He is most prominently known as the father of Maacah, who became one of King David's wives. Maacah bore David's son Absalom, who later rebelled against his father. After the murder of his half-brother Amnon, Absalom fled to his maternal grandfather, Talmai, in Geshur, where he stayed for three years before returning to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:37-38).

Forms and Transliterations

וְתַלְמַ֔י ותלמי תַּלְמַ֔י תַּלְמַ֖י תַּלְמַ֥י תַּלְמָֽי׃ תלמי תלמי׃ tal·may tal·māy talMai talmay talmāy vetalMai wə·ṯal·may wəṯalmay

Englishman's Concordance

Numbers 13:22
HEB: אֲחִימַן֙ שֵׁשַׁ֣י וְתַלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָ֑ק
NAS: Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants
KJV: Sheshai, and Talmai, the children
INT: Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai the descendants of Anak

Joshua 15:14
HEB: אֲחִימַן֙ וְאֶת־ תַּלְמַ֔י יְלִידֵ֖י הָעֲנָֽק׃
NAS: and Ahiman and Talmai, the children
KJV: and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children
INT: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai the children of Anak

Judges 1:10
HEB: אֲחִימַ֖ן וְאֶת־ תַּלְמָֽי׃
NAS: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
KJV: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
INT: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai

2 Samuel 3:3
HEB: מַעֲכָ֔ה בַּת־ תַּלְמַ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ גְּשֽׁוּר׃
NAS: the daughter of Talmai, king
KJV: the daughter of Talmai king
INT: of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur

2 Samuel 13:37
HEB: וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־ תַּלְמַ֥י בֶּן־ [עַמִּיחוּר
NAS: and went to Talmai the son
KJV: and went to Talmai, the son
INT: and went to Talmai the son Ammihud

1 Chronicles 3:2
HEB: מַעֲכָ֔ה בַּת־ תַּלְמַ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר
NAS: the daughter of Talmai king
KJV: the daughter of Talmai king
INT: of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8526
6 Occurrences

tal·may — 5 Occ.
wə·ṯal·may — 1 Occ.