Tema was, according to the Bible,Genesis 25:151 Chronicles 1:30 the ninth son of Ishmael.Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1979), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (2nd, revised ed.), Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Carl; Morren, Nathaniel (1841), The Biblical Geography of Asia Minor, Phoenicia, and Arabia, (Thomas Clark, 1841)
The name Tema or Te'ma or Tema' (תֵּימָא or תֵּמָא) means the south. The name is rendered and Thema in Latin,Pliny, Hist. Nat. 6:32
The name also applied to the name of the tribe that were descended from him and the district they lived in.Job 6:19
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