H8485G

תֵּימָא

te.maN:N-M-P

Tema

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.15; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) § Tema = "desert" 1) the 9th son of Ishmael 2) the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

תֵּימָא proper name, of a territory or people (Old Aramaic תימא Lzb³⁸⁵; in As Têma Dl^{Pa 301f.} Schr^{KGF 261 ff};= south country, √ ימא (compare תֵּימָן, √ ימן) according to Nö^{Ency.Bib ISHMAEL}); — ׳ישְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ ת Isa 21:14, people Jer 25:23 ׳ת 'son' of Ishmael Gen 25:5 || 1Chr 1:30 אָרְחוֺת תֵּמָא (l. ׳אֹרְ) Job 6:19 Θαιμαν. Modern Teyma, northwest Arabia, Doughty^{Arab.Des.i, pass.}, especially 284-299 Wilson^{Hast. DB TEMA, and on inscription found there} Eut^{Nab. Inschr. 35} CIS^{ii.No.113.114} Nö^{SBAK, 1884, 813f.} Hal^{RÉJ xii, 111 ff.} Cooke^{195 ff}.

I, II. תֵּימָן, תֵּימָנִי, תֵּימְנִי see ימן.

[תִּימָרָה] see תמר.

1 occurrence

Genesis 25:15