Bible Person
Meaning: Temani · Male · 3 cross references
Teman is an Edomite family figure in the line of Eliphaz, Esau's son. He belongs to the clan structure through which Edom's early chiefs and branches are remembered. First appears in Gen 36:11.1
AI summary: Teman matters because the cross references preserve his name within the genealogies that map Esau's descendants into identifiable family groupings. His line contributes to the Bible's broader regional memory, in which neighboring peoples are traced with enough detail to situate Israel historically among related nations. Taken together, the material presents Teman as an Edomite ancestor whose place helps define the internal structure of Esau's house.1
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person 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.