Te'ma. (a desert). The ninth son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30, whence, the tribe called after him, mentioned in Job 6:19; Jeremiah 25:23, and, also, the land occupied by this tribe. Isaiah 21:13-14. (B.C. after 1850). The name is identified with Teyma, a small town on the confines of Syria.
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