vicinity, a town of Asher ( Joshua 19:30 ).
darkened; covered; his people
(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 .
UMMAH
um'-a (`ummah; Archob, Amma):
One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Asher (Joshua 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.
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