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tēmān תֵּימָן ‘Teman’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as tēmān תֵּימָן ‘south’

tēmān pr n m pers + pr n m pers gen
Teman = "south"
n pr m
1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom
2) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people
n pr loc
3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea

Mentioned in Genesis 36:11, 36:15, 36:42 Jeremiah 49:7, 49:20 Ezekiel 25:13 Amos 1:12 Obadiah 1:9 Habakkuk 3:3 1 Chronicles 1:36, 1:53

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