יֵמִם H3222
hot springs — thermal water sources found by Anah in the wilderness (Gen 36:24)
This puzzling word appears only in Genesis 36:24, describing what Anah found while tending his father's donkeys. The Vulgate's 'hot springs' remains the most common interpretation, suggesting thermal springs in the wilderness. The word's etymology is unclear, making the identification uncertain, but the context suggests something noteworthy enough to become part of Anah's identifying description.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A phenomenon discovered by Anah in the wilderness, most commonly interpreted as hot springs based on the Vulgate. The definite article 'the' with plural form suggests specific, known features. Translations (Spanish 'las-aguas-termales,' German 'die-heißen-Quellen') follow the thermal springs interpretation, though lexicographers acknowledge uncertainty. The discovery was significant enough to characterize Anah in Edomite genealogies. 1×
AR["الْيَمِيمَ"]·ben["-উষ্ণ-প্রস্রবণগুলি"]·DE["die-heißen-Quellen"]·EN["the-hot-springs"]·FR["le-hot-sources"]·heb["ה-ימם"]·HI["गरम-जल-के-स्रोत"]·ID["sumber-sumber-air-panas"]·IT["il-hot-springs"]·jav["toya-panas"]·KO["온천을"]·PT["as-fontes-quentes"]·RU["источники"]·ES["las-aguas-termales"]·SW["mvua"]·TR["-sıcak-su-kaynaklarını"]·urd["گرم-چشمے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יֵמִם n.[m.] appar. pl., meaning dub.; only in הוּא עֲנָה אֲשֶׁר מָצָא אֶת־הַיֵּמִם בַּמִּדְבָּר Gn 36:24 that is the ’Ana that found the יֵמִם in the wilderness when he was pasturing the asses of Ṣib‘ōn his father; perhaps hot springs, 𝔙 aquae calidae; so Thes MV DechentZPV vii. 1884, 172 al.; yet no suitable √ ימה (or ימם) known; v. further Di BuhlEdomiter 46.