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RBT Translation:
And they are becoming builders of El-of-Fine-Gold South-Wind,1105 Saying,1106 Look-Out,1107 and Gatam,1108 and Kenaz.1109
LITV Translation:
And the sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
ESV Translation:
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Footnotes

1105

South as the Right Side

Strong’s #8487, Teman. South-wind, on the right side. From teman (#8486) which is a derivative of yamin (#3225) meaning right side. Strong’s defines it literally, “Or teman {tay-mawn'}; denominative from yamiyn; the south (as being on the right of a person facing the east) – south”

1106

Strong’s #201, Omar. From amar (#559) to say.

1107

Strong’s #6825, Tsepho. From tsaphar (#6822) to look out or about, spy, keep watch

1108

Gesenius defines Gatam as “their touch”.

1109

Thought to be possibly “hunter” from an unused root meaning “to hunt”. Cf. Gesenius, Strong’s.