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The reference can be found in <a href="/joshua/19-30.htm">Joshua 19:30</a>, which lists Ummah as one of the cities within the territory allotted to the tribe of Asher. The Berean Standard Bible states: "Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two cities, along with their villages."<br><br><b>Historical and Geographical Context:</b> <br>Ummah is identified as a city in the region assigned to the tribe of Asher during the division of the Promised Land among the twelve tribes of Israel. Asher's territory was located in the northern part of Canaan, along the Mediterranean coast. This area was known for its fertile land and was strategically significant due to its proximity to major trade routes and the sea.<br><br>The exact location of Ummah is not definitively known today, and it is not mentioned frequently in biblical or extrabiblical sources. However, its inclusion in the list of cities in Joshua suggests it was a recognized settlement during the time of the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b> <br>While Ummah itself is not a focal point of theological discourse, its mention in the Bible contributes to the broader narrative of the Israelites' settlement in the Promised Land. The allocation of cities like Ummah to the tribes of Israel underscores the fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—regarding the inheritance of the land of Canaan.<br><br>The division of the land among the tribes, including the assignment of cities such as Ummah, reflects the organizational structure and communal life of the Israelites as they transitioned from a nomadic existence to a settled society. It also highlights the importance of land as a divine gift and a source of identity and sustenance for the people of Israel.<br><br><b>Cultural and Archaeological Insights:</b> <br>Due to the limited information available about Ummah, there is little archaeological evidence to provide further insights into its cultural or historical significance. However, the broader region of Asher is known for its rich agricultural output, particularly olive oil, which was a valuable commodity in ancient times.<br><br>The cities within Asher's territory, including Ummah, would have been part of a network of settlements that contributed to the economic and social life of the tribe. The mention of Ummah alongside other cities like Aphek and Rehob suggests it was part of a cluster of communities that played a role in the regional dynamics of the time.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>Ummah's brief mention in the Bible serves as a reminder of the intricate tapestry of locations and peoples that make up the biblical narrative. While not prominent in biblical history, Ummah's inclusion in the list of cities allotted to Asher highlights the detailed record-keeping and territorial organization that characterized the Israelite settlement in the Promised Land.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Ummah</span><p>darkened; covered; his people<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Ummah</span><p>(<i>union</i>), one of the cities of the allotment of Asher. (<a href="/joshua/10-30.htm">Joshua 10:30</a>) only. Probably <i>Alma</i> , in the highlands of the coast, about five miles east-northeast of <i>Ras en-Nakhura</i> .<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Vicinity, a town of Asher (<a href="/joshua/19-30.htm">Joshua 19:30</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">UMMAH</span><p>um'-a (`ummah; Archob, Amma): One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (<a href="/joshua/19-30.htm">Joshua 19:30</a>). By a slight emendation of the text it would read Acco, the name of the place subsequently known as Ptolemais, the modern `Akka. This emendation is generally adopted by scholars, although it is at best a conjecture. No other identification is yet possible.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5981.htm"><span class="l">5981. <b>Ummah</b> -- a city in Asher</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5980, 5981. <b>Ummah</b>. 5982 . a city in Asher. Transliteration: <b>Ummah</b> Phonetic<br> Spelling: (oom-maw') Short Definition: <b>Ummah</b>. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5981.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/524.htm"><span class="l">524. <b>ummah</b> -- a nation</span></a><br><b>...</b> 523, 524. <b>ummah</b>. 525 . a nation. Transliteration: <b>ummah</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (oom-maw') Short Definition: nations. <b>...</b> (Aramaic) corresponding to '<b>ummah</b> -- nation <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/524.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/523.htm"><span class="l">523. <b>ummah</b> -- a tribe, people</span></a><br><b>...</b> 522c, 523. <b>ummah</b>. 524 . a tribe, people. Transliteration: <b>ummah</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (oom-maw') Short Definition: people. <b>...</b> 522c, 523. <b>ummah</b>. 524 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/523.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5980.htm"><span class="l">5980. <b>ummah</b> -- close by, side by side with</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5979, 5980. <b>ummah</b>. 5981 . close by, side by side with. Transliteration: <b>ummah</b><br> Phonetic Spelling: (oom-maw') Short Definition: alongside. <b>...</b> <b>ummah</b>. 5981 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5980.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/ummah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ummah</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>UMMAH</b>. um'-a (`<b>ummah</b>; Archob, Amma): One of the<br> cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:30). <b>...</b><b>Ummah</b> (1 Occurrence). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/ummah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/ultimately.htm"><span class="l">Ultimately (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/ultimately.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/umpire.htm"><span class="l">Umpire (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/umpire.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unwalled.htm"><span class="l">Unwalled (39 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> their unwalled places. (BBE). Joshua 19:30 And <b>Ummah</b> and Aphek and Rehob;<br> twenty-two towns with their unwalled places. (BBE). Joshua 19 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unwalled.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/included.htm"><span class="l">Included (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> all Israel. (See RSV NIV). Joshua 19:30 <b>Ummah</b> also, and Aphek, and Rehob:<br> twenty-two cities with their villages. (See NAS). Joshua <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/included.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/twenty-two.htm"><span class="l">Twenty-two (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB BBE DBY RSV). Joshua 19:30 <b>Ummah</b> also, and Aphek, and Rehob:<br> twenty-two cities with their villages. (WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/twenty-two.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rehob.htm"><span class="l">Rehob (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Joshua 19:30 <b>Ummah</b> also, and<br> Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rehob.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/points.htm"><span class="l">Points (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> points: The word occurs in Ecclesiastes 5:16, "In all points (`<b>ummah</b>) as he came,<br> so shall he go"-a man leaves the world in all regards as helpless as he <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/points.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/aphek.htm"><span class="l">Aphek (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joshua 19:30 <b>Ummah</b> also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their<br> villages. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/aphek.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/villages.htm"><span class="l">Villages (106 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Joshua 19:30 <b>Ummah</b> also, and Aphek,<br> and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. (WEB <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/villages.htm - 38k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ummah (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/19-30.htm">Joshua 19:30</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Ummah</span> also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/u/ummah.htm">Ummah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/u/ummah--a_city_in_the_territory_of_the_tribe_of_asher.htm">Ummah: A City in the Territory of the Tribe of Asher</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/ultimately.htm">Ultimately (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/umpire.htm">Umpire (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unwalled.htm">Unwalled (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/included.htm">Included (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/twenty-two.htm">Twenty-two (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rehob.htm">Rehob (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/points.htm">Points (18 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/aphek.htm">Aphek (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/v/villages.htm">Villages (106 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hamlets.htm">Hamlets (38 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/twenty.htm">Twenty (282 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/u/ultimately.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ultimately"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ultimately" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/u/ummah--a_city_in_the_territory_of_the_tribe_of_asher.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ummah: A City in the Territory of the Tribe of Asher"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ummah: A City in the Territory of the Tribe of Asher" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>