H8556a H8556a
in Timnath-heres, place name with preposition: location of Joshua's burial in the Ephraimite hill country
A compound place name appearing in Judges 2:9, meaning 'territory of the sun' or 'portion of Heres.' This is where Joshua was buried in the hill country of Ephraim. The name has a variant form, Timnath-serah, in Joshua 19:50 and 24:33, with the elements reversed. The location is identified with modern Tibneh, about 17 miles northwest of Jerusalem. Scholars suggest the name may reflect a former sun-worship site, though by Joshua's time it was simply his inheritance and burial place.
Senses
1. sense 1 — In Judges 2:9, this prepositional phrase marks the location of Joshua's burial—'in Timnath-heres' in the Ephraimite hills. The place name's possible connection to sun worship (heres/serah) has sparked discussion, though the narrative treats it simply as Joshua's personal inheritance. The parallel name form in Joshua reverses the elements, a common variant in geographical nomenclature. 1×
AR["بِ-تِمْنَةَ-حارِسَ"]·ben["তিম্নৎ-হেরসে"]·DE["in-Timnat-Cheres"]·EN["in-Timnat-Cheres"]·FR["dans-Timnat-Cheres"]·heb["ב-תמנת-חרס"]·HI["तिम्नत-हेरेस-में"]·ID["di-Timnat-Heres"]·IT["in-Timnat-Cheres"]·jav["ing-Timnat-Hérès"]·KO["에-맀낫-헤레스"]·PT["em-Timnat-Heres"]·RU["в-Тимнат-Хересе"]·ES["en-Timnat-Jeres"]·SW["katika-Timnath-Heresi"]·TR["de-Timnat-Heres"]·urd["تمنت-حرس-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תִּמְנַת הֶ֫רֶס n.pr.loc. (prob.=(sacred) territory of the Sun; WMMAs. u. Eur. 165 thinks perhaps Egyptian Ḥï-ra-tà); in hill-country of Ephr., westward, Ju 2:9=foll.(cf. GFM)=Θαμναθα 1 Makk 9:50=mod. Tibneh, c. 17 m. W. of N. from Jerusalem, v. also BuhlGeogr. 170.