Ummah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Um'mah.' (union). One of the cities of the allotment of Asher. In  Joshua 10:30 only. Probably Alma , in the highlands of the coast, about five miles east-northeast of Ras en-Nakhura .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Ummah . An Asherite city (  Joshua 19:30 ), probably a slip, owing to resemblance of Heb. letters m and k , for Acco (Ptolemais).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City in Asher.  Joshua 19:30 . Identified by some with Alma esh Shaub , 33 7' N, 35 11' E.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city of Asher's allotment ( Joshua 19:30). Now Almu, according to Thomson, in the highlands on the coast.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 19:30

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 19:30

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Ummah', עֻמָּה, union, as often; Sept. Ἀμμά v.r. Ἀρχώβ or Ἀρχόβ,Vulg. — Almma ), a town of the tribe of Asher, mentioned between Achzib and Aphek ( Joshua 19:30). Its site was evidently unknown to Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. "Amma"). Dr. Thomson suggests (Bibliotheca Sacra, 1855,' p. 822) that it may be the modern village Aolam, situated on the coast about five miles E.N.E. of Ras en-Nakurahi and described by him as a large ruin with excellent water and fig- trees.(Land and Book, 2, 156). The Kefr Ammieih suggested by Keil (Comment. ad loc.) is quite beyond the boundaries of the tribe.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

um´a ( עמּה , ‛ummāh  ; Ἀρχάβ , Archób , Ἀμμά , Ammá ): 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 ‛Akkā . This emendation is generally adopted by scholars, although it is at best a conjecture. No other identification is yet possible.