Tahash (also called Thahash)
A child of Nahor (Abraham's brother) by his concubine, Reumah. (22:24)
Tamar (The name comes form the Hebrew word "tamar",
which means "date palm" in English.)
The wife of
Er. Er was the oldest son of Judah. He had two younger brothers: Onan, and Shelah.
Er was wicked, so God killed him. Er died without Tamar
giving him a son. According to custom, if the husband dies without getting a
child, then the husband's brother must have sex with the wife, so that the wife
will bear a child. The child will be legally the child of the dead husband.
Judah told his second son, Onan, to do his duty as the husband's brother, and
have sex with Tamar so that Er could have a child. Onan didn't like this. The
baby wouldn't legally be his own. So whenever he had sex with Tamar, he spilled
his semen on the ground so that Tamar wouldn't get pregnant. God didn't like
this, and killed Onan.
Judah told Tamar "Live in your father's house as a
widow until my last remaining son, Shelah, grows up." She did so. But when
Shelah grew up, Judah dids not give him to Tamar because he was afraid that
Shelah would die like his brothers. Soon after this, Bathshua died.
Judah and Hirah went to the town of Timnath (also
called Timnah) to sheer
their sheep. Tamar heard of this. She disguised herself as a prostitute, and
waited on the road to Timnath, at the place where the road forked. On the way to
Timnath, Judah saw Tamar in disguise. He didn't know that she was his
ex-daughter-in-law; he thought that she was a prostitute. He asked her to
service him. As payment, he would give her an animal from his flock. He would
send it to her. The "prostitute" asked for a pledge until he sent her
the animal. The pledge would be Judah's seal and its cord, and his staff. Judah
agreed, and they had sex.
Later, Judah was told that Tamar had sex out of
marriage, and was now pregnant. Judah said "She shall be burned at the
stake." But when Tamar was brought to Judah, she showed him the seal, cord,
and staff that Judah gave her. This proved that Tamar was the prostitute that
had serviced Judah. Judah figured that Tamar was more in the right than he was,
because he didn't send Shelah to her. Later, Tamar gave birth to twins, Perez
and Zerah. (chapter 38)
Tarshish
A son of Javan. (10:4)
Tebah
A child of Nahor
(Abraham's brother) by his concubine, Reumah. (22:24)
Tema
A son of Ishmael. (25:15)
Teman
A son of Eliphaz.
(36:11) He was a chief in Edom. (36:15,42)
Temani
A land that Husham (a
king of Edom) came from. (36:34)
Terah
A son of Nahor
(Abraham's grandfather). (11:24) At age 70, Terah had three sons: Abram (later
renamed Abraham), Nahor (not to be confused with Terah's father Nahor),
and Haran. (11:26-27)
After the sons had grown, Terah took Abram,
Abram's wife Sarai, and son Nahor's son Lot, and they left Ur to
live somewhere else. They intended to go to the land of Canaan. But they stopped in
the city of Haran, in the land of Mesopotamia, and settled there. (The city
of Haran is not to be confused with the person
Haran, Terah's son.) There, Terah died at age 205. (11:31-32)
Thahash (also called Tahash)
A child of Nahor (Abraham's brother) by his concubine, Reumah. (22:24)
Tidal
The king of nations
during the civil war in the land of Canaan. (14:1)
Tigris (also called Hiddekel)
One of the four rivers that came out of the river that flowed out of the Garden
of Eden. It flowed toward the east of Assyria. (2:14)
Timna - There are three:
1. The
concubine of Eliphaz. She bore him a son named Amalek.(36:12)
2. The sister of Lotan. (36:22) (It's possible that these two Timnas might
actually have been the same person, but this is never explicitly stated.)
3. An alternate spelling for Timnah, a chief of Edom. (36:40)
Timnah - There are two:
1. A
chief of Edom. He is also called Timna. (36:40)
2. A
town. It is also called Timnath. After Bathshua died, Judah and his friend Hirah
went to Timnah to sheer their sheep. It was on the way when Judah met his
ex-daughter-in-law, Tamar, who was disguised a prostitute. (38:12-15)
Timnath
A
town. It is also called Timnah. After Bathshua died, Judah and his friend Hirah
went to Timnath to sheer their sheep. It was on the way when Judah met his
ex-daughter-in-law, Tamar, who was disguised a prostitute. (38:12-15)
Tiras
A son of Japeth. (10:2)
Togarmah
A son of Gomer. (10:3)
Tola
A son of Issachar. He
was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-8,13)
Tubal
A son of Japeth. (10:2)
Tubal-cain
A son of Lamech by
his wife Zillah. The master of all coppersmiths and blacksmiths. (4:22)
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