David J. A. Clines notes that Alma (אלמא) is attested as a name for a Semitic male from the Bar Kokhba documents.

Date
1993
Type
Book
Source
David J. A. Clines
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, ed. David J. A. Clines, 8 vols. (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993): 1:294

Scribe/Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
People
David J. A. Clines
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

אלמא

0.0.3 pr.n.m. Alma, son of Judah and party to lease transaction 5/6 ḤevBA 444 fr. 1 fr. 2

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