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title: אֻמָּה — nation · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֻמָּה (lemma:אֻמָּה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 8 times: nation. BDB 1906: n.f. nation. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֻמָּה

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«אֻמָּה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **nation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:אֻמָּה · **BDB:** אֻמָּה

### Glosses

the (5); (the) (1); nation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֻמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5bb_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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,

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

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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.

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