What is "dumah"

Dumah ( Heb. דומה "silent") is an angel mentioned in Rabbinical literature. Dumah is a popular figure in Yiddish folklore. I. B. Singer's Short Friday (1964), a collection of stories, mentions Dumah as a "thousand-eyed angel of death, armed with a fiery rod or flaming sword". Dumah is the Aramaic word for silence.

Dumah can refer to

• Dumah (angel), an angel mentioned in rabbinical literature
• Dumah (Legacy of Kain), a character in the Legacy of Kain video game
• Dumah (son of Ishmael), the sixth son of Ishmael, thought to be the forefather of an Arab tribe named for him
• Dumat al-Jandal, an ancient city previously known as Dumah or Adummatu, associated with Dumah, the son of Ishmael

Dumah ( Dūmāh; Aramaic for "silence") was the sixth son of Ishmael, the son of biblical Abraham and Hagar.