Tema was, according to the Bible, the ninth son of Ishmael
The name Tema or Te'ma or Tema' (תֵּימָא or תֵּמָא] means the South. The name is rendered Greek: Θαιμάν and Thema in Latin,
The name also applied to the name of the tribe that were descended from him and the district they lived in.
References
- Genesis 25:15
- 1 Chronicles 1:30
- Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1979), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (2nd, revised ed.), Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN 9780802837813
- Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Carl; Morren, Nathaniel (1841), The Biblical Geography of Asia Minor, Phoenicia, and Arabia, (Thomas Clark, 1841)
- Pliny, Hist. Nat. 6:32
- Job 6:19
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