BDB1882 [H1748]

II. דּוּמָה proper name

1. masculine son of Ishmael Gen 25:15 = 1Chr 1:30 compare probably Dumath al-Jandal in Northern Arabia in Jôf see Burckhardt^{Travels in Syria 662f.} Di; also Ges^Comm. on Isa 21:11, Glaser^{Skizze ii. 392, 440.}

2. city in mountains of Judah Josh 15:52, compare Δοῦμα in the Daroma, 17 miles from Eleutheropolis Lag^{Onom. 250. 2nd ed. 258}, = modern Daume, southwest from Hebron van de Velde^{Memoir 308} Guérin^{Judée iii. 359 ff.} compare Di.

3. name of Edom with mystic meaning Isa 21:11 Duma = silence of death, desolation, De Che and others (JDMich Ges Hi think 3 = 1; ᵐ5 has Ἰδουμαια; Jerome interprets as part of Idumea; still another view below I. דּוּמָה).

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