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# אֻמָּה

Biblical Aramaic

**nation** — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

nation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5bb_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֻמָּה: n.f. nation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5bb_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. nation (BH id., late);—abs. א׳ Dn 3:29; pl. emph. אֻמַּיָּא 3:4, 7, 31; 5:19; 6:26; 7:14; Ezr 4:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (5); (the) (1); nation (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.4/#tree)

וְכָרוֹזָ֖א קָרֵ֣א בְחָ֑יִל לְכ֤וֹן אָֽמְרִין֙ עַֽמְמַיָּ֔א אֻמַּיָּ֖א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the herald \[was\].proclaiming with power to you \[they.are\].saying O peoples (the) nations and (the) languages

*JPS 1917:* And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

[Daniel 3:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/#tree)

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דָיְרִ֥ין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples the nations and the languages which \[are\].dwelling in all the earth peace your may.it.increase

*JPS 1917:* 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5bb_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5bb_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).