Hab. iii. 3. Cyril interprets the word
Θαιμάν (Heb. ןמָיתּ”) as a
common Noun meaning “South,” and the Vulgate has here
“ab Austro veniet.” The prophecy is thus referred to
Bethlehem, as lying to the South of Jerusalem. Eusebius (Dem.
Evang. VI. 15) mentions this as the rendering of Theodotion
in his Greek Version, about 180 a.d. As
a proper name Teman denotes a district and town in the southern part of
Idumea, so called from a grandson of Esau (Gen. xxxvi. 11, 15, 42; Jer. xlix. 7, 20;
Ezek. xxv. 13; Amos i. 12; Obad. 9).