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(Heb. Yetheth', éְúֵú , prob. a peg, or fig. a prince; Sept. É᾿åèÝè and É᾿åèÝñ , the last apparently from falsely reading éֶúֶø ; Vulg. Jetheth), the third named of the petty Edomitish sheiks in Mount Seir (Gen_36:40; 1Ch_1:51). B.C. ante 1658. SEE ESAU. As to identification, El-Wetideh is a place in Nejd, said to be in the Dahna, SEE ISHBAK; there is also a place called El- Wetid, and El- Wetidat, which is the name of mountains belonging to Bene Abd-Allah Ibn-Ghatfin (Marasid. s.v.) (Smith). SEE ARABIA.