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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).

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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 (21:11) is Edom or Idumea.

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(silence).

A son of Ishmael, most probably the founder of the Ishmaelite tribe of Arabia, and thence the name of the principal place of district inhabited by that tribe. (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30; Isaiah 21:11) A city in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron, (Joshua 15:52) represented by the ruins of a village called ed-Daumeh, six miles southwest of Hebron.

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Verses where Dumah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

1 Chronicles 1:30
Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
Genesis 25:14
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Isaiah 21:11
This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”
Joshua 15:52
Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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