אֻמָּה
ʼummâh · H524 · Aramaic · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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tribe, people
A large body of people united by common descent
ExamplesEzra 4:10 and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now
Daniel 3:4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, you peoples, nations, and populations of all languages,
Daniel 3:7 Therefore as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages fell down and worshiped the golden statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- גְּלָהbring over 1
- יְתִבto sit, to dwell 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שְׁאָרwhatsoever more 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- גּוֹי gôwy · H1471 · nation, people, band
- גּוֹי is the standard Hebrew word for 'nation' and is essentially synonymous with אֻמָּה in contexts referring to national or ethnic groups; both denote a collective people or nation, with גּוֹי being far more frequent (over 550 occurrences) but functionally interchangeable with אֻמָּה.
- עַם ʻam · H5971 · people
- עַם ('people') overlaps significantly with אֻמָּה in denoting a collective group or nation; while עַם can emphasize kinship or tribal unity and אֻמָּה may emphasize political/territorial nationhood, they are often functionally synonymous in contexts referring to peoples or nations.
- לְאֹם lᵉʼôm · H3816 · people
- לְאֹם is a poetic/elevated term for 'nation' or 'people,' often found in parallel with גּוֹי or עַם; it is synonymous with אֻמָּה in referring to national or ethnic groups, though less common and typically used in more formal or literary contexts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἔθνος éthnos · G1484 · nation, people, heathen
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew 'nation' vocabulary; ἔθνος is the most common LXX rendering for Hebrew nation-terms and is the direct functional equivalent in Greek for אֻמָּה's sense of 'nation' or 'people group.'
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Groups001001003004
- אֻמָּה names a people or nation as a collective group, recurring in the formula "peoples, nations, and languages" addressed throughout Daniel (Daniel 3:4), and paralleled by Ezra's own reference to deported nations (Ezra 4:10).
- Leaders001001003005
- This code is inherited from the shared root's sense of a tribal chief, not independently attested by אֻמָּה (ʼummâh, H524)'s own citations, which name the collective people rather than its leader.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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