Word

טָמַן

ṭâman · H2934 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences

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Meanings

to hide

Causative action by which humans cause other humans or objects to be invisible so that their location cannot be determined, which is often achieved by burying them or by covering them

Examples
Isaiah 2:10 Enter the rocky place and hide in the dust From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty.
Genesis 35:4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
Exodus 2:12 So he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid his body in the sand.
to conceal

Causative action by which humans make sure that certain information remains unknown to others

Examples
Job 31:33 “Have I covered my wrongdoings like a man, By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,
hidden place

Place where objects are no longer visible

Examples
Job 40:13 “Hide them together in the dust; Imprison them in the hidden place.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

28 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated: they 7
Not stated: you (one person) 4
Not stated: I 3
Not stated: he, she or it 3
Not stated (infinitive) 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

17 occurrences in 8 groups

וֹhim 5
הֶםthem 4
פַּחtrap 3
יָדhand, power 2
חֶבֶלcord, rope, region 1
מוֹקֵשׁtrap 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

20 occurrences in 19 groups

לto/for+ נִיme 4
Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21

With adverbsAdverbs

5 occurrences in 3 groups

שָׁםthere 3
חִנָּםwithout cause, for nothing 1
יַחַדtogether 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חוֹלsand 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 2 groups

לto/for 3
בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׂפַןto cover 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 5 words

חָבָה châbâh · H2247 · to hide oneself: Both words describe concealing or hiding, and could be substituted for each other in context.
עָלַם ʻâlam · H5956 · to go into hiding, hypocrite: The "Non-Know" overlap is broader but consistent; both describe making something unknown/hidden.
צָפַן tsâphan · H6845 · to lurk, to lie in wait, to ambush: Both words denote concealing or hiding actions, and could substitute in contexts of hiding objects or keeping things secret.
סָתַר çâthar · H5641 · to be hidden, to hide oneself: Both words denote hiding and concealing actions with overlapping senses that would allow substitution in many contexts.
אָרַב ʼârab · H693 · to lie in wait, to lay an ambush, to lurk: Both words denote concealment; אָרַב (ʼârab, H693) specializes in tactical ambush or lying in wait, a specific type of hiding with hostile intent, while טָמַן (ṭâman, H2934) covers broader secret concealment; they overlap in contexts of covert positioning and could substitute in many scenarios.

In the other Testament 1 word

κρύπτω krýptō · G2928 · to keep safe, to cause to be protected, to protect: Greek κρύπτω renders Hebrew טָמַן in contexts of concealment; both denote the act of hiding or covering, with טָמַן carrying connotations of secretive or deceitful placement (often traps/snares) while κρύπτω emphasizes the covering aspect of concealment.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Hide002002001010: טָמַן describes hiding or concealing something, as Jacob hiding the foreign gods under the oak near Shechem (Genesis 35:4) and Moses hiding the Egyptian's body in the sand (Exodus 2:12).
Non-Know002004002008: What is hidden by this verb becomes unknown or undiscoverable to others, concealment producing ignorance of its whereabouts.
Tombs001003002010: The verb is also used of burial, laying a body away out of sight in the ground, as with the hidden treasures of the sand associated with the sea (Deuteronomy 33:19).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

טָמַןṭâman · H2934מַטְמוֹן maṭmôwn · H4301 · hidden treasure · 5×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2934. taman טָמַן verb hide, conceal, especially in earth (Late Hebrew id.; whence…

H2934. taman
טָמַן verb hide, conceal, especially in earth (Late Hebrew id.; whence perhaps Aramaic טְמֵן keep, preserve; compare Arabic bury, hide (loan-word Frä137); Aramaic , טְמַר id.); —
Qal Perfect טְמֵן Psa 35:8 Psa 35:2t. etc; Imperfect וַיִּטְמֹן Gen 35:4, etc.; Imperative suffix טָמְנֵהוּ Jer 13:4; טָמְנֵם Job 40:13; Infinitive construct לִטְמוֺן Job 31:33; Psa 64:6; Passive participle טָמוּן Job 3:16 Job 3:3t.; טְמוּנָה Jos 7:22; plural טְמֻנִים Jos 7:21; construct טְמוּנֵיDeu 33:19; —
1 hide, with accusative Gen 35:4 (E), Exo 2:12 (E; dead body in sand), Jos 2:6 (J E; spies under flax-stalks), Jos 7:21-22, (J E; Achan's theft), Jer 13:4-5, Jer 13:6, Jer 13:7 (Jeremiah's girdle), Jer 43:9-10, (stones at Tahpanhes); hide, bury hand in dish (צַלָּ֑חַת) Pro 19:24; Pro 26:15 (of עָצֵל the sluggard); טָמוּן נֵפֶל Job 3:16 hidden abortion, i.e. a lifeless child at once buried; חול טְמוּנֵי שְׂפֻנֵי Deu 33:19 (poem); of hiding iniquity עון Job 31:33; hiding the wicked in the dust עפר Job 40:13.
2 often of hiding, concealing, secretly laying a snare רֶשֶׁת Psa 9:16; Psa 35:8, followed by לִי Psa 31:5; רִשְׁתָּם שַׁחַת Psa 35:7; מַּח followed by לִי Psa 140:6; Psa 142:4; followed by לרגלי Jer 18:22; חבל Job 18:10; מוֺקשׁים Psa 64:5.
3 טָמוּן that which is darkened = darkness, Job 40:13 nearly = בט חֲבשׁ ׳פניהם ׃שְׁאוֺל bind their faces in darkness (i.e. the wicked); hide = reserve Job 20:26 all darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, i.e. all calamities are stored up for them.
Niph`al Imperative י מַּחַד ׳מִמְּנֵי בֶּעָפָר חִטָּמֵן Isa 2:10 hide thyself in the dust, from before the terror of ׳י.
Hiph`il (or
Qal? BaZMG 1889, 180) Imperfect וַיַּטְמִנוּ וַיֵּלִכוּ 2Ki 7:8 (twice in verse) and they went and hid (it), i.e. plunder from Aramaic camp.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Tombs1 occurrence Hide29 occurrences Non-Know1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0