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Alema

Alema al'-e-ma (Alemois): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (Macc 5:26), besieged by the nations under Timotheus, together with Bosor and other cities; and probably relieved along with these cities by Juda...

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Alema al'-e-ma (Alemois): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (Macc 5:26), besieged by the nations under Timotheus, together with Bosor and other cities; and probably relieved along with these cities by Judas Maccabeus, although no mention is made of Alema's relief. The name occurs the one time as dative plural.

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