Lexicon / H1746
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. .