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<p> ''''' um´a ''''' ( עמּה , <i> ''''' ‛ummāh ''''' </i> ; Ἀρχάβ , <i> ''''' Archób ''''' </i> , Ἀμμά , <i> ''''' Ammá ''''' </i> ): One of the cities allotted to the tribe of [[Asher]] ( Joshua 19:30 ). By a slight emendation of the text it would read Acco, the name of the place subsequently known as Ptolemais, the modern <i> '''''‛Akkā''''' </i> . This emendation is generally adopted by scholars, although it is at best a conjecture. No other identification is yet possible. </p>
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<p> is probably the present [[Alma]] esh-Shaub, two and a half miles south-east of en-Nakuerah (near the promontory of the same name), described in the Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey, 1:150, as "A large [[Christian]] village, containing about five hundred inhabitants. The houses are clean and well built. There are two chapels, and the place seems increasing in size. It is situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, pomegranates, and arable land around. To the east and north the land is covered with brushwood. There is a spring within reach, and about thirty rock-cut cisterns in the village." </p>
 
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<ref name="term_9225"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ummah Ummah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_64360"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ummah+(2) Ummah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 15 October 2021

Ummah [1]

is probably the present Alma esh-Shaub, two and a half miles south-east of en-Nakuerah (near the promontory of the same name), described in the Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey, 1:150, as "A large Christian village, containing about five hundred inhabitants. The houses are clean and well built. There are two chapels, and the place seems increasing in size. It is situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, pomegranates, and arable land around. To the east and north the land is covered with brushwood. There is a spring within reach, and about thirty rock-cut cisterns in the village."

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