HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5981
עֻמָּה
um.mah — Ummah
§ Ummah = "union" one of the cities of Asher; also probably 'Acco'
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Ummah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Vicinity, a town of Asher (Josh. 19:30).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.