Bible Person
Meaning: Temani · Male · 2 cross references
Teman is an Edomite chief-name preserved in the lists descending from Esau. The page uses a person-style entry for an ancestral or ruling name later closely associated with Edom's wisdom traditions and territory. First appears in Gen 36:42.1
AI summary: Teman matters because his cross references place the name among Edom's chiefs, giving a genealogical foundation to a name that later carries strong regional significance. Even in this brief setting, it contributes to the structured political memory of Edom. Taken together, the material presents Teman as an Edomite chief-name within the wider map of neighboring peoples.1
Central Figure
Teman
Meaning: Temani
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.