# תמך
## Hebrew
### Etymology 1

The noun sense is a Modern Hebrew innovation.
Even-Shoshan suggests a relation to סָמַך (samákh, “support”).

#### Noun

תֶּמֶךְ • (témekh) m (plural indefinite תְּמָכִים, plural construct תִּמְכֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* structural support, prop
    Synonym: מִשְׁעֶנֶת (mish'énet, mišʕɛ́nɛṯ)
* supporting evidence

#### Verb

תָּמַךְ • (tamákh, tɔmaḵ) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִתְמַךְ)
* (intransitive) to support (physically hold up) [with ב־]
* (intransitive) to support (be in favour of) [with ב־]
** 2015 September 17, Avi Kohen, “פתק על הניידת: "שוטר טוב זה שוטר מת"”, in Israel Hayom:אם משטרה מתנכלת ותומכת ברצח אזרחים, קריאה לשחיטת שוטרים אינה נחשבת הסתה.im mishtará mitnakélet vetomékhet berétsakh ezrakhím, kri'á lishkhitát shotrím einá nekhshévet hasatá.“If the police harass and support murder of civillians, call for the slaughter of police officers is not considered incitement.
* (intransitive) to support (ensure someone’s livelihood) [with ב־]
    Synonyms: כִּלְכֵּל (kilkél), פִּרְנֵס (pirnés)
* (Biblical Hebrew, transitive) to hold, grasp, get a hold of
** Tanach, Genesis 48:17, with translation of the New International Version:וַיַּרְא יוֹסֵף כִּי־יָשִׁית אָבִיו יַד־יְמִינוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינָיו וַיִּתְמֹךְ יַד־אָבִיו לְהָסִיר אֹתָהּ מֵעַל רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַיִם עַל־רֹאשׁ מְנַשֶּׁה׃wayyárʔ Yosep̄ ki-yɔšiṯ ʔɔḇiw yaḏ-yəmino ʕal-roʔš ʔɛp̄ráyim wayyéraʔ bəʕenɔw wayyiṯmoḵ yaḏ-ʔɔḇiw ləhɔsir ʔoṯɔh meʕal roʔš-ʔɛp̄ráyim ʕal-roʔš MənaššɛWhen Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
** Tanach, Amos 1:5, with translation of the New International Version:וְשָׁבַרְתִּי בְּרִיחַ דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּי יוֹשֵׁב מִבִּקְעַת־אָוֶן וְתוֹמֵךְ שֵׁבֶט מִבֵּית עֶדֶן […]wəšɔḇárti bəríaḥ Dammɛ́śɛq wəhiḵrátti yošeḇ mibbiqʕaṯ-ʔɔ́wɛn wəṯomeḵ šéḇɛṭ mibbeṯ ʕɛ́ḏɛnI will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.
* (Medieval Hebrew, transitive) to place upon something, lay upon
** c. 12th century, Numbers Rabbah, 13:3:[…] סיני, שהשפיל את עצמו לומר שאני נמוך, ועל ידי כך תמך הקדוש ברוך הוא כבודו עליו […] […] Sinái shehishpíl et atsmó lomár she'aní namúkh, ve'ál yedéi khákh tamákh hakadósh barúkh hú kvodó aláv […] […] Sinai, who humbled itself saying that it is low, and for this the Holy One blessed be He laid his glory upon it […]

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Pronounced תָּמַכְתֶּם and תָּמַכְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. $^2$ Rare in Modern Hebrew.

##### Derived terms

* תּוֹמֵךְ (tomékh, tomeḵ)
* תָּמַךְ כָּבוֹד (tamákh kavód, tɔmaḵ kɔḇoḏ)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

תֻּמְּךָ • (tumkhá, tumməḵɔ)
* singular form of תום / תֹּם (tóm, tom)‎ with second-person masculine singular personal pronoun as possessor, defective spelling

#### Noun

תֻּמֵּךְ • (tumékh, tummeḵ)
* singular form of תום / תֹּם (tóm, tom)‎ with second-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor, defective spelling

### Further reading

* H8551 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, volume 2, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1677
* “תמך” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת).
* “תמך”, in Milog (in Hebrew)