Lexical Summary Tema: a son of Ishmael, also his desc. and the region settled by them Original Word: תֵּימָאTransliteration: Tema Phonetic Spelling: (tay-maw') Part of Speech: proper name, of a territory or people Short Definition: a son of Ishmael, also his desc. and the region settled by them Meaning: Tema -- a son of Ishmael, also his descendants and the region settled by them Strong's Concordance Tema Or Temao {tay-maw'}; probably of foreign derivation; Tema, a son of Ishmael, and the region settled by him -- Tema. Brown-Driver-Briggs H8485. Tema תֵּימָא proper name, of a territory or people (Old Aramaic תימא Lzb385; in As Têma DlPa 301f. SchrKGF 261 ff;= south country, √ ימא (compare תֵּימָן, √ ימן) according to NöEncy.Bib ISHMAEL); — ת אֶרֶץ ׳ישְׁבֵי Isaiah 21:14, people Jeremiah 25:23; ׳ת 'son' of Ishmael Genesis 25:5 "" 1 Chronicles 1:30; תֵּמָא אָרְחוֺת (l. ׳אֹרְ) Job 6:19; Θαιμαν. Modern Teyma, northwest Arabia, DoughtyArab.Des.i, pass., especially 284-299 WilsonHast. DB TEMA, and on inscription found there EutNab. Inschr. 35 CISii.No.113.114 NöSBAK, 1884, 813f. HalRÉJ xii, 111 ff. Cooke195ff. I, II. תֵּימְנִי תֵּימָנִי, תֵּימָן, see ימן. [תִּימָרָה] see תמר. |