Possible Arabian Queen
The Christian theologian John Gill, notes that Jemima may mean either "day" or "dove", the latter on association with the Arabic word "jemama". Noting that there is a land in Arabia with the name Jemama or Yemama (see Al-Yamama) which had a queen called Jemama, he conjectures that the Biblical Jemima may be connected with the Jamama of Arabic folklore.
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