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Dumah
Silence, (comp. Ps 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30).
There was also a town of this name in Judah (Josh 15:52), which has been identified with ed-Domeh, about 10 miles southwest of Hebron. The place mentioned in the “burden” of the prophet Isaiah (Isa 21:11) is Edom or Idumea.
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Genesis 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
- Joshua 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
- 1 Chronicles 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
- Isaiah 21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
