Words

אֻמָּה H523

Home gloss

kindred

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

nations / tribes

Note

A people reckoned by descent, from אֵם "mother" (25:16; Num 25:15; Ps 117:1). Kept apart from גּוֹי "nation," עַם "people," לְאֹם "folk," מִשְׁפָּחָה "clan"

Rulings

2

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 25

• 25:16 These are they, the sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their enclosures and by their stockades: twelve chieftains for their kindreds.