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<p> '''''dū´ma''''' ( דּוּמה , <i> '''''dūmāh''''' </i> , "silence"): This word occurs in the Old [[Testament]] with the following significations: (1) The land of silence or death, the grave ( [[Psalm]] 94:17; Psalm 115:17 ); (2) a town in the highlands of [[Judah]] between [[Hebron]] and Beersheba, now <i> '''''ed''''' </i> - <i> '''''Daume''''' </i> ( Joshua 15:52 ); (3) an emblematical designation of Edom in the obscure oracle ( Isaiah 21:11 , Isaiah 21:12 ); (4) an [[Ishmaelite]] tribe in [[Arabia]] ( [[Genesis]] 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30 ). According to the Arabic geographies this son of [[Ishmael]] rounded the town of <i> '''''Dūmat''''' </i> - <i> '''''el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Jandal''''' </i> , the stone-built <i> '''''Dūmah''''' </i> , so called to distinguish it from another [[Dumah]] near the Euphrates. The former now bears the name of the <i> '''''Jauf''''' </i> ("belly"), being a depression situated half-way between the head of the [[Persian]] Gulf and the head of the gulf of Akaba. Its people in the time of [[Mohammed]] were [[Christians]] of the tribe of Kelb. It contained a great well from which the palms and crops were irrigated. It has often been visited by European travelers in recent times. See <i> Jour. [[Royal]] Geog. Soc </i> ., Xxiv (1854), 138-58; W. G. Palgrave, <i> Central and Eastern Arabia </i> , chapter ii. It is possible that the oracle in Isa (number 3 above) concerns this place. </p> | <p> '''''dū´ma''''' ( דּוּמה , <i> '''''dūmāh''''' </i> , "silence"): This word occurs in the Old [[Testament]] with the following significations: (1) The land of silence or death, the grave ( [[Psalm]] 94:17; Psalm 115:17 ); (2) a town in the highlands of [[Judah]] between [[Hebron]] and Beersheba, now <i> '''''ed''''' </i> - <i> '''''Daume''''' </i> ( Joshua 15:52 ); (3) an emblematical designation of Edom in the obscure oracle ( Isaiah 21:11 , Isaiah 21:12 ); (4) an [[Ishmaelite]] tribe in [[Arabia]] ( [[Genesis]] 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30 ). According to the Arabic geographies this son of [[Ishmael]] rounded the town of <i> '''''Dūmat''''' </i> - <i> '''''el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Jandal''''' </i> , the stone-built <i> '''''Dūmah''''' </i> , so called to distinguish it from another [[Dumah]] near the Euphrates. The former now bears the name of the <i> '''''Jauf''''' </i> ("belly"), being a depression situated half-way between the head of the [[Persian]] Gulf and the head of the gulf of Akaba. Its people in the time of [[Mohammed]] were [[Christians]] of the tribe of Kelb. It contained a great well from which the palms and crops were irrigated. It has often been visited by European travelers in recent times. See <i> Jour. [[Royal]] Geog. Soc </i> ., Xxiv (1854), 138-58; W. G. Palgrave, <i> Central and Eastern Arabia </i> , chapter ii. It is possible that the oracle in Isa (number 3 above) concerns this place. </p> | ||
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dū´ma ( דּוּמה , dūmāh , "silence"): This word occurs in the Old Testament with the following significations: (1) The land of silence or death, the grave ( Psalm 94:17; Psalm 115:17 ); (2) a town in the highlands of Judah between Hebron and Beersheba, now ed - Daume ( Joshua 15:52 ); (3) an emblematical designation of Edom in the obscure oracle ( Isaiah 21:11 , Isaiah 21:12 ); (4) an Ishmaelite tribe in Arabia ( Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30 ). According to the Arabic geographies this son of Ishmael rounded the town of Dūmat - el - Jandal , the stone-built Dūmah , so called to distinguish it from another Dumah near the Euphrates. The former now bears the name of the Jauf ("belly"), being a depression situated half-way between the head of the Persian Gulf and the head of the gulf of Akaba. Its people in the time of Mohammed were Christians of the tribe of Kelb. It contained a great well from which the palms and crops were irrigated. It has often been visited by European travelers in recent times. See Jour. Royal Geog. Soc ., Xxiv (1854), 138-58; W. G. Palgrave, Central and Eastern Arabia , chapter ii. It is possible that the oracle in Isa (number 3 above) concerns this place.
