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tmh, tmn (tammā, tammān) adv. there
√ [tm] adv.
1
there
Common (except: OA)
IduOstr 1:199.7↗ הן אתה תמה הבו לה חדה מן עלימתא‏ : if he should come there give him one of the girls ; Ezra 5:17↗ בֵית גִּנְזַיָּא דִּי־מַלְכָּא תַמָּה דִּי בְּבָבֶל‏ : the royal archive there in Babylonia ; 4Q529 2↗ גדודי נורא תמה השכח[ת‏ : I found troops of fire there ; 4QEnastr b 7 iii:7↗ מן תמן דנחין מאני שמיא‏ : all the heavenly objects arise from there (the east) ; TgO Ex34:2↗ וְתִתעַתַד קְדָמַי תַמָן עַל רֵיש טוּרָא‏ : present yourself before Me there on the top of the mountain ; CPA Gen50:5↗ ܬܡܢ ܩܒܘܪܘ ܝܬܝ‏ : bury me there ; SamTgJ Gen12:7↗ ובנה תמן מדבח‏ ; P Gn26:19↗ ܘܐܫܟܚܘ ܬܡܢ ܒܪܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܐ ܚ̈ܝܐ‏ : they found a well of fresh water there ; BT Yev 121b(30)↗ כאן וכן רבנן הוו תמן וכן וכן ספדני הוו תמן‏ : such-and-such scholars were there, such-and-such eulogizers were there ; PJ Gen35:21↗ אתרא ד<ה>תמן עתיד דאיתגלי מלכא משיחא בסוף יומייא‏
(1)
position in a text
Gal
BR 708:6(1)↗ מן תמן ועד סופיה דספרא‏
(2)
as a chronological indication
Syr
AGnEx 11.2↗ ܐܬܒܪܝ ܠܗ ܪܩܝܥܐ ܒܪܡܫܐ ܬܪܝܢܐ܂ ܘܫܡܫ ܠܗ ܡ݂ܢ ܬܡܢ ܘܠܟܐ ܛܠܠܗ ܠܠܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ‏ : the Firmament was created on the second evening, and from that point on its shadow served for the nights
2
in opposition to "here" : Babylonia vs. Eretz-Israel
Gal
BR 1240:3(1)↗ נחת לתמן‏ : he went down there (i.e., to Babylonia)
3
then (?), there and then (?)
Sam
Marqe 5.372↗ תמן אוקרה עננה כד אתא בה‏
§Form & Usage▶
Forms ending in the original final ā persist into Middle Aramaic; starting then (note both forms at Qumran) and thereafter all dialects show the final -ān.
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Archaic and dialectal in JBA where the current form is htm.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1653[827]DJPA: 584bDJBA: 1213bJastrow: 1678J. Payne-Smith: 615Tal Sam: 955DNWSI: 1219DCPA[Schulthess]: 458[222]Qumran: 255
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