Timnah
Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson. Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Tel Batash”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sdot Micha Airbase and Regina Palaestinae.
Sdot Micha Airbase
Military installation
Sdot Micha Airbase is an Israeli Air Force missile base and depot, whose existence Israel neither confirms nor denies. It is situated in the center of Israel, halfway from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean Sea and extends nearly 13 km from southeast to northwest. Sdot Micha Airbase is situated 3 km south of Timnah.
Regina Palaestinae
Church
Photo: LacoR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir Rafat, also known as the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Palestine and of the Holy Land, is a Catholic monastery in central Israel. Located to the north-west of Beit Shemesh, between Givat Shemesh and kibbutz Tzora to the south and Kfar Uria to the north, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Regina Palaestinae is situated 3½ km east of Timnah.
Junction Station Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Junction Station Cemetery is situated 4 km northwest of Timnah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tal Shahar and Tzelafon.
Tal Shahar
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tal Shahar is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Gedera and Latrun, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 1,290.
Tzelafon
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tzelafon is a moshav in central Israel. Located to the north of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,112. Tzelafon is situated 3 km northeast of Timnah.
Gizo
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gizo is a community settlement in central Israel, northwest of Beit Shemesh, under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 212. Gizo is situated 3½ km northeast of Timnah.
Timnah
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.78534° or 31° 47′ 7″ northLongitude
34.91158° or 34° 54′ 42″ eastElevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
8G3PQWP6+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 278473206OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Timnah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تمنة”
- Cebuano: “Tel Batash”
- Chinese: “亭拿”
- Dutch: “Tel Batash”
- Dutch: “Tel Batashi”
- Dutch: “Tell Batash”
- Dutch: “Tell Batashi”
- Dutch: “Timna (Tel Batash)”
- Dutch: “Timna”
- French: “Timna”
- German: “Tel Batasch”
- German: “Timna”
- Hebrew: “תל בטש”
- Hebrew: “תמנה”
- Hebrew: “תִּמְנָה”
- Hebrew: “תִּמְנָתָה”
- Indonesian: “Timna”
- Irish: “Timnah”
- Japanese: “ティムナハ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel Batash”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tell al-Batashi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Timnah”
- Polish: “Timna”
- Portuguese: “Tel Batash”
- Portuguese: “Timnate”
- Russian: “Тимна-Тель-Баташ”
- Urdu: “تمنا، اسرائیل”
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