Bible Location
Meaning: Temani · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
Teman was a major Edomite region or center in the south, remembered especially for wisdom and later for judgment. It is important because prophets repeatedly use Teman to speak about Edom's pride, reputation, and coming downfall. First appears in Jer 49:7.1
AI summary: Teman stands out within Edom as a place associated with distinction and renown, especially for wisdom. That reputation makes the prophetic oracles against Teman more striking, because they speak not only of destruction but of the collapse of a place once thought secure and perceptive. Habakkuk's use of the name also gives it resonance within the southern desert horizon of God's appearing. The cross references present Teman as an Edomite center where prestige, wisdom, and judgment meet.1
A place in Southern Idumea, the land of “the sons of the east,” frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. It was noted for the wisdom of its inhabitants (Amos 1:12; Obad. 1:8; Jer. 49:7; Ezek. 25:13). It was divided from the hills of Paran by the low plain of Arabah (Hab. 3:3). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.