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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Tema
    south; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe
    so called (Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30; Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14; Jer.
    25:23) which settled at a place to which he gave his name, some
    250 miles south-east of Edom, on the route between Damascus and
    Mecca, in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula, toward the
    Syrian desert; the modern Teyma'.

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Tema, admiration; perfection; consummation