Talmai (son of Anak)
달매 (아낙의 아들)
Named at Numbers 13:22 with Ahiman and Sheshai: children of Anak who were at Hebron when the spies came there. Joshua 15:13–14 says that Caleb, given Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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- JDG 1:10, engwebp
10Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
- JOS 15:13–14, engwebp
13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- JOS 15:18–19, engwebp
18When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”
19She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- NUM 13:21–24, engwebp
21So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
- NUM 13:22, engwebp
22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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Anak — Father of — Talmai (son of Anak)
Evidence: Joshua 15:13–14
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Took part in (2) — The land spied out from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob; the cluster from Eshcol, Hebron given to Caleb, Kiriath Sepher taken by Othniel, and the springs Achsah asks for
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They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Talmai (son of Anak) (person-talmai) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/talmai Current wording: Named at Numbers 13:22 with Ahiman and Sheshai: children of Anak who were at Hebron when the spies came there. Joshua 15:13–14 says that Caleb, given Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. Cited evidence: JDG 1:10, engwebp / JOS 15:13–14, engwebp / JOS 15:15–17, engwebp / JOS 15:18–19, engwebp / NUM 13:21–24, engwebp / NUM 13:22, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.