Bible Dictionary
Ummah
Ummah was a city allotted to the tribe of Asher. Its exact identification is uncertain, and some have proposed that the name may represent Acco.
Definition
Ummah was a city allotted to the tribe of Asher. Its exact location is uncertain, and the name has been connected with several proposed sites.
Biblical Usage
Ummah appears in the list of Asher’s allotted cities in Joshua 19:30.
Historical Background
One proposal identifies it with Alma, east-northeast of Ras en-Nakhura. Another conjecturally emends the text to read Acco, later known as Ptolemais or modern Akka. No identification is certain.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Vicinity, a town of Asher (Josh. 19:30).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(union), one of the cities of the allotment of Asher. (Joshua 10:30) only. Probably ’Alma, in the highlands of the coast, about five miles east-northeast of Ras en-Nakhura .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>um'-a (`ummah; Archob, Amma): One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (Jos 19:30). 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>