TALMAI tăl’ mī (תַּלְמַ֔י). 1. One of the three sons of Anak, whose tribal group was resident at Hebron when Joshua’s spies penetrated the land (Num 13:22; Josh 15:14; Judg 1:10).

2. King of Geshur, an Aramaean principality NE of Galilee, whose daughter Maachah was espoused by David, contrary to the law, and to his bitter sorrow. The princess became the mother of the passionate Absalom (2 Sam 3:3; 13:37; 1 Chron 3:2). It was to Geshur that Absalom fled for refuge after the murder of Amnon.