Aramaic word · H524
אֻמָּה
'umah
people
A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?
Appears 8 times in 8 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·
What it means
people, tribe, nation
Aramaic of um.mah (אֻמָּה "people" H0523)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Ezra · 1
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Ezra 4:10 אֻמַּיָּ֗א nations the
and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.
Daniel · 7
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Daniel 3:4 אֻמַּיָּ֖א <the> nations
Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
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Daniel 3:7 אֻמַיָּ֣א nations the
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Daniel 3:29 אֻמָּ֜ה nation
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
Here: An ethnic group or nation. It is the second part of the formula.
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Daniel 4:1 אֻמַיָּ֧א nations the
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
Here: 'The nations.' This is a rare Aramaic word for a people-group or clan-nation (in the Bible it appears only in Daniel and in Ezra 4:10). It overlaps with 'peoples.' The piling-up is for effect, not to mark a fine difference.
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Daniel 5:19 אֻמַיָּא֙ nations the
Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
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Daniel 6:25 אֻמַיָּ֧א nations the
Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
Here: 'The nations': ethnic or tribal groupings. It overlaps heavily with 'peoples'. Stacking near-synonyms adds up to 'every kind of human group'.
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Daniel 7:14 אֻמַיָּ֛א nations the
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
Here: Nations, tribes or clans. Here it is the second word of the stock formula for every subject of a world empire.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.