דּוּמָה
du.mah
- Dumah
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: Dumah
A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.14;
son of: Ishmael (H3458);
brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258)
§ Dumah = "silence"
1) son of Ishmael and most probably the founder of the Ishmaelite tribe of Arabia
2) a town in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron
3) a mystical name of Edom indicating death and ruin
§ Dumah = "silence"
a mystical name of Edom indicating death and ruin
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: Dumah
דּוּמָה n.pr m . son of Ishmael city in mountains of Judah name of Edom with mystic mng. .