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tim´na (×ªÖ¼×ž× ×¢, timna‛; ΘαμναÌ, ThamnaÌ): A conbubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son, and the mother of Amalek (). But in and Timna is the sister of Lotan, and in and a chief or elan of Edom (see TIMNAH (3)). These variations are to be expected when the origin of genealogies is recalled. (In Genesis, English Versions of the Bible read, contrary to rule, “Timnah.â€) Gunkel's theory is that is a later insertion in P.