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H523 אֻמַּה (ʼummah) oom-maw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from the same as 517; a collection, i.e. community of persons

KJV Usage: nation, people

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֻמָּה (um.mah) — people. people, tribe, nation Aramaic equivalent: um.mah (אֻמָּה "people" H0524)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f

Groups | ≈ גֹּוי

tribe, people = a large body of people united by common descent

GEN 25:16 · EZR 4:10 · PSA 44:15 · PSA 57:10 · PSA 108:4 · PSA 117:1 · PSA 149:7 · DAN 3:4 · DAN 3:7 · DAN 3:29 · DAN 3:31 · DAN 5:19 · DAN 6:26 · DAN 7:14

Leaders

Collocation: רֹאשׁ אֻמֹּות

tribal chief literally, "head of (the) tribes": = leader of a large body of people united by common descent

NUM 25:15

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אֻמָּה] n.f. tribe, people base

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