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("on the right".) So south to one facing east. Son of Eliphaz, Esau's son (); a duke of Edom. The southern part of Idumea. Habakkuk () confirms this southern position, from which as the starting point in the region of Mount Paran the Holy One's coming is northwards. translated "I will make it desolate from Teman (in the S.) ever, to Dedan (in the N.W.); they shall fall by the sword," i.e. the whole land of Edom. Famed for wisdom: , "is wisdom no more in Teman?" etc.; compare , and for "mighty men" -9. Eliphaz the Temanite is mentioned as a wise man in ; . Eusebius and Jerome mention Teman as a town 15 miles from Petra, and a Roman post.