DUMAH dōō’ mə (דוּמָ֖ה; silence). 1. The sixth son of Ishmael and the presumed founder of an Arab community (Gen 25:14; 1 Chron 1:30). Dumat al Gandal appears to identify with the Biblical Dumah as the capital of a district known as Gawf. The site is an oasis half way between the head of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aqabah. Royal Assyrian and Babylonian inscrs. from the 7th and 6th centuries refer to the destruction of the Adummatu which may be a reference to the descendants of Dumah.

2. A town in the hills of Judah (Josh 15:52). The Onomasticon refers to a town of this name. It is frequently identified with the present ed-Domeh located SW of Hebron.

3. “The oracle concerning Dumah” (מַשָּׂ֖א דּוּמָ֑ה) appears in Isaiah 21:11. The next words mention Seir so perhaps the term is a figure from Edom. The LXX renders the word as “Idumaea.”