טָמַן (b. h.; cmp. preced.) to hide, store away, preserve, esp. to keep dishes warm for the Sabbath. Sabb. II, 7 טוֹמְנִין את החמין you may put warm dishes in the chafing stove &c. Ib. IV, 1; a. fr.—Makhsh. I, 6 הטומן פירותיו וכ׳ if one hides his fruits in water against thieves.—Koh. R. to X, 8 שהוא ט׳ וכ׳ that he buried it there; a. e.—Part. pass. טָמוּן. B. Kam. 5ᵇ, a. e. נזקי ט׳ באש damage caused to things hidden in a pile to which fire was set. Gen. R. s. 68 היה ט׳ וכ׳ he (Jacob) was hiding (before Esau) in the house of Eber; Meg. 17ᵃ מוּטְמָן (Ms. M. נטמן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. fr.
Nif. - נִטְמָן to be hidden, to hide one’s self, to be stored up. Ib. שנ׳ בבית עבר, v. supra. Lev. R. s. 3 ויִטָּמְנוּ ד"ת בפיך and the words of the Law shall be stored up in thy mouth. Pesik. R. s. 4 נ׳ במערה sought protection in a cave; a. e.
Hif. - הִטְמִין 1) to hide, keep. B. Kam. 61ᵇ שדרכם להַטְמִין וכ׳ which it is customary to hide in the stack. B. Mets. 61ᵇ לא יַטְמִין … במלח he must not keep his weights in salt (by which they gain in weight); a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּטְמָן, v. supra. —2) to hide one’s self, lie in wait. B. Kam. 79ᵇ ראוהו שה׳ וכ׳ if he has been seen hiding himself in the woods (waiting for a chance to steal).