Lexical Definition

‎אֻמַּה‎ ʼummah (oom-maw') people ^H:N-F
from the same as ‎אֵם‎

nation, people.

• a collection, i.e. community of persons

1) people, tribe, nation

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: um.mah (‎א‎ֻ‎מ‎ָּ‎ה‎ "people" אֻמָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: אֻמָּה
[‎אֻמָּה‎] noun feminine tribe, people (Arabic ; Assyrian ummatu compare Jen^{Kosmol. 336}, Aramaic , ‎אוּמָּא‎) only plural ‎אֻמּוֺת‎ Num 25:15 ‎אֻמִּים‎ Ps 117:1 suffix ‎אֻמֹּתָם‎ Gen 25:16 — of tribes of Ishmaelites Gen 25:16 of Midian (|| ‎בֵּיתאָֿב‎) Num 25:15 || ‎גּוֺיִם‎ Ps 117:1.

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