H1746: דּוּמָה
Dûwmâh · pronounced doo-maw' · “Dumah”
Definition
Dumah, a tribe and region of Arabia
KJV translates it as: Dumah.
Word origin: the same as H1745 (דּוּמָה);
Extended definition
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
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1746 is translated
- dumah ×3
Bible verses with H1746 (Dûwmâh)
Dûwmâh appears in 3 verses.
- Genesis 25:14
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
- 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?