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אֲחִימַן

Strong’s: H289

Associated OET lemmas: אֲחִימַן

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: np

Name meanings: brother of gift

Sense 1: Ahiman

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; giant; ◄ descendant of Anak

Show passage in OET: NUM 13:22

OET-RV NUM 13:22

22 They started in the Negev, and went as far as Hevron where some of Anak’s descendents lived: Ahiman, Sheshay, Talmay. Hevron had been built seven years before Tsoan in Mitsrayim (Egypt).

OET-LV NUM 13:22

22 And_they _went _up in_Negeⱱ and_he _came to Ḩeⱱrōn and_there ʼAḩīman Shēshay and_Talmay those _born _of (the)_ˊĀnāq and_Ḩeⱱrōn seven years it _was _built to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before Tsoˊan/(Zoan) Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:14

OET-RV JOS 15:14

14 Kalev captured the land from Anak’s three sons—Sheshay, Ahiman, and Talmay,

OET-LV JOS 15:14

14 And_he _dispossessed from_there Kālēⱱ DOM three the _sons _of (the)_ˊĀnāq DOM Shēshay and_DOM ʼAḩīman and_DOM Talmay those _born _of (the)_ˊĀnāq.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 13:22

JOS: OET JOS 15:14

JDG: OET JDG 1:10

Sense 2: Ahiman

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ► gatekeeper; after exile

Show passage in OET: CH1 9:17

OET-RV CH1 9:17

17 From Levi’s descendants who returned to Yehudah and who guarded the temple gates there were Shalum, Akuv, Talmon, Ahiman, and some of their relatives. Shalum was their leader.

OET-LV CH1 9:17

17 And_the_gatekeepers were_Shallūm and_ˊAqqūⱱ and_Ţalmōn and_ʼAḩīman and_brother _of_their Shallūm was_the_chief.

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