te.ma is a proper name found in name lists and in references to a land and its caravans.

The term is most often presented as a proper name within lists of names; it also identifies a land whose dwellers aid a wanderer and whose caravans seek water.

1. Proper name in lists of names · dominant

   All three occurrences are tagged as proper nouns and place the form in a sequence of names. In Genesis 25:15 the APB renders "Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah"; 1 Chronicles 1:30 likewise includes it in a list, while Jeremiah 25:23 places it alongside other named groups or places.

   Genesis 25:151 Chronicles 1:30Jeremiah 25:23
2. Name associated with a land and its caravans · common

   In Isaiah 21:14 the proper noun occurs in the clause rendered by the APB as "The dwellers of the land of Tema met the wanderer with his food." In Job 6:19, the APB renders "The caravans of Tema look for water," associating the name with traveling caravans.

   Isaiah 21:14Job 6:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB retains the name as "Tema" in the lists and explicitly uses "the land of Tema" and "The caravans of Tema" in the contextual references. These phrases show the verse setting rather than a separate English definition.