אֻמַּה

uma · people, tribe

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H523 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

uma (אֻמַּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “people, tribe”.

Nation.

How to say it

u·ma

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A group joined by a common origin.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 25:16

    These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve chiefs according to their peoples.

  • Numbers 25:15

    The name of the woman who was struck, the Midianite, was Cozbi daughter of Zur; he was head of the peoples of a fathers’ house in Midian.

  • Psalms 117:1

    Praise YHWH, all nations; extol him, all peoples.