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.