Brown-Driver-Briggs
טָמַן verb hide, conceal, especially in
earth (Late Hebrew
id.; whence perhaps Aramaic
טְמֵן keep, preserve; compare Arabic
bury, hide (loan-word Frä
137); Aramaic
,
טְמַר id.); —
Qal Perfect טְמֵן Psalm 35:8 2t. etc; Imperfect וַיִּטְמֹן Genesis 35:4, etc.; Imperative suffix טָמְנֵהוּ Jeremiah 13:4; טָמְנֵם Job 40:13; Infinitive construct לִטְמוֺן Job 31:33; Psalm 64:6; Passive participle טָמוּן Job 3:16 3t.; טְמוּנָה Joshua 7:22; plural טְמֻנִים Joshua 7:21; construct טְמוּנֵיDeuteronomy 33:19; —
1 hide, with accusative Genesis 35:4 (E), Exodus 2:12 (E; dead body in sand), Joshua 2:6 (J E; spies under flax-stalks), Joshua 7:21,22 (J E; Achan's theft), Jeremiah 13:4,5,6,7 (Jeremiah's girdle), Jeremiah 43:9,10 (stones at Tahpanhes); hide, bury hand in dish (צַלָּ֑חַת) Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 26:15 (of עָצֵל the sluggard); נֵפֶל טָמוּן Job 3:16 hidden abortion, i.e. a lifeless child at once buried; שְׂפֻנֵי טְמוּנֵי חול Deuteronomy 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 Psalm 9:16; Psalm 35:8, followed by לִי Psalm 31:5; שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם Psalm 35:7; מַּח followed by לִי Psalm 140:6; Psalm 142:4; followed by לרגלי Jeremiah 18:22; חבל Job 18:10; מוֺקשׁים Psalm 64:5.
3 טָמוּן that which is darkened = darkness, Job 40:13 nearly = ׃שְׁאוֺל ׳פניהם חֲבשׁ בט 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 חִטָּמֵן בֶּעָפָר ׳מִמְּנֵי מַּחַד י Isaiah 2:10 hide thyself in the dust, from before the terror of ׳י.
Hiph`il (or
Qal? BaZMG 1889, 180) Imperfect וַיֵּלִכוּ וַיַּטְמִנוּ 2 Kings 7:8 (twice in verse) and they went and hid (it), i.e. plunder from Aramaic camp.