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Is this the same Teman referred to in Obadiah 1:9? The Jade Knight 19:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't doubt it is. SamEV (talk) 20:48, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Location

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«The exact location of Teman remains unknown, but there is a possibility that (...) present-day Ma'an (Arabic: معان‎) in Jordan could be its successor, due to the phonetic resemblance of their names and (...)» — No, there is no relevant "phonetic resemblance" between Teman (consonants: t m n ) and Ma'an (consonants: m ʿ n , with ʿ = voiced pharyngeal fricative). --Zxly (talk) 14:14, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, so I've just removed that. It might be OR. SamEV (talk) 16:46, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]