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Leummim

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Leiimmimn', לְאֻמַּים , peoples, as often; Sept. Λαωμείμ ), the last named of the three sons of Dedan (grandson of Abraham by Keturah), and head of an Arabian tribe descended from him (Genesis 25:3; and Vulgate at 1 Chronicles 1:32). B.C. considerably post 2024. (See ARABIA).

They are supposed to be the same with the Allumoeotoe (Ἀλλουμαιῶται ), named by Ptolemy (6:7, 24) as near the Gerrhaei, which appears to be a corruption of the Hebrew word with the art. prefixed. He also enumerates Luma among the towns of Arabia Deserta (5:19), and Forster (Geogr. of Arabia, 1:335) suggests that this may liave been an ancient settlement of the same tribe" (Kitto). "They are identified by Fresnel (in the Journ. Asiat. iiie serie, 6:217) with an Arab tribe called Umeiyim, one of the very ancient tribes of Arabia of which no genealogy is given by the Arabs, and who appear to have been ante-Abrahamic, and possibly aboriginal inhabitants of the country." (See LETUSHIM).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Leummim'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​l/leummim.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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