te.mach is used as a proper name identifying a family line in paired lists of descendants.

The attested form functions as a proper name in parallel descendant lists, where “the sons of Temah” identifies a family line.

1. Proper name in a descendant list · dominant

   In Ezra 2:53 and Nehemiah 7:55, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in the phrase “the sons of Temah,” alongside the sons of Barkos and Sisera. The APB renders both clauses as a list of these descendant groups.

   Ezra 2:53Nehemiah 7:55

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name in the repeated phrase “the sons of Temah” in Ezra 2:53 and Nehemiah 7:55. It confirms the list context rather than isolating the term independently.