Bible Person
Meaning: my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters · Male · 3 cross references
This Talmai entry refers to Talmai king of Geshur and father of Maacah, not to the Anakite of Hebron. He enters the David story through dynastic marriage and through Absalom's later flight to his maternal family. First appears in 2 Sam 3:3.1
Name meaning
my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters
Identity
male
First appears
2 Sam 3:3
AI summary: This Talmai matters because the cross references place him at the intersection of royal marriage, regional alliance, and family fracture within David's house. Through Maacah he becomes the grandfather of Absalom, and through Geshur he provides the place of exile after Amnon's murder. Taken together, the material presents this Talmai as a neighboring king whose family connection becomes deeply entangled with the turbulence of David's household.1
Central Figure
Talmai
Meaning: my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters
A king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after he had put Amnon to death (2 Sam.
Children
Name meaning
my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters
Identity
male
A king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after he had put Amnon to death (2 Sam. 3:3; 13:37). His daughter, Maachah, was one of David’s wives, and the mother of Absalom (1 Chr. 3:2). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.