Tema (son of Ishmael)

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Tema was, according to the Bible, [1] [2] the ninth son of Ishmael. [3] [4]

The name Tema or Te'ma or Tema' (תֵּימָא or תֵּמָא) means the South. The name is rendered Greek : Θαιμάν and Thema in Latin, [5]

The name also applied to the name of the tribe that were descended from him and the district they lived in. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Genesis 25:15
  2. ↑ 1 Chronicles 1:30
  3. ↑ Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1979), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (2nd, revised ed.), Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN   9780802837813
  4. ↑ Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Carl; Morren, Nathaniel (1841), The Biblical Geography of Asia Minor, Phoenicia, and Arabia, (Thomas Clark, 1841)
  5. ↑ Pliny, Hist. Nat. 6:32
  6. ↑ Job 6:19
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