amah: a maid, handmaid Original Word: אָמָה Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: amah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-maw') Short Definition: maidservant
Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a maid, handmaid NASB Word Usage female (15), female servant (4), female slave (2), handmaid (2), handmaids (1), maid (8), maids (5), maidservant (19), servant* (1), servants* (6), slave* (4), slaves* (4). אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic , Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm20, Aramaic , Assyrian amtu ZimBP 67) — ׳א absolute Genesis 21:10 +; suffix אֲמָתִי Genesis 30:3 +, etc.; plural absolute אֲמָהֹת Genesis 31:33; 2 Samuel 6:22; construct אַמְהוֺת 2 Samuel 6:20; אַמְהֹתַי Job 19:5 etc. — maid, handmaid. 1 literally maidservant (= שִׁפְחָה q. v., where however sometimes more servile; rarely P in Hexateuch) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 31:33 ("" שִׁפְחָה Genesis 29:24,29; P Genesis 30:4f. J etc.) Exodus 2:5 (all E); 2 Samuel 6:20,22; Job 19:15; Nahum 2:8 (suffix refers to mistress, except Job 19:15 compare 2 Samuel 6:20,22); in legisl. ("" עֶבֶד) Exodus 20:10,17; Exodus 21:20,26,27,32 (all E) Leviticus 25:6,44 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 5:14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 12:12,18; Deuteronomy 15:17 (compare see 12) Deuteronomy 16:11,14; compare also Job 31:13; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67; applied to concubine (suffix of master) Genesis 20:17; Genesis 21:12; Exodus 23:12 (all E) Judges 9:18; Judges 19:19; also Genesis 21:10 (twice in verse); Genesis 21:13 (Genesis 16:1f. P שִׁפְחָה q. v.) Exodus 21:7 (all E), see on this StaGesch i: p. 380. 2 figurative in address, אֲמָֽתְךָ etc., referring to speaker, in token of humility; Ruth 3:9 (twice in verse) ("" שׁפחה Ruth 2:13) 1 Samuel 1:16 ("" id. 1 Samuel 1:18) 1 Samuel 25:24 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 25:25,28,31,41 ("" id. 1 Samuel 25:27) 2 Samuel 14:15,16 ("" id. 2 Samuel 14:6; 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 14:12; 2 Samuel 14:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:19); 2 Samuel 20:17; 1 Kings 1:13,17; 1 Kings 3:20; in addressing God (never שׁפחה) 1 Samuel 1:11 (3 t. in verse), compare ׳בֶּןאֿ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16.
handmaid, bondwoman, maidservant Apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave -- (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
’am·hō·wṯ — 1 Occ. hā·’ā·māh — 3 Occ. hā·’ă·mā·hōṯ — 2 Occ. la·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 4 Occ. lə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 8 Occ. wa·’ă·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·mā·ṯōw — 2 Occ. wə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯay — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem — 2 Occ. wə·la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ. ’am·māh — 84 Occ. ’am·maṯ — 1 Occ. ’am·mā·ṯa·yim — 6 Occ. ’am·mō·wṯ — 81 Occ. bā·’am·māh — 39 Occ. bā·’am·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
| |  Strong's Hebrew 519 56 Occurrences
’ā·māh — 1 Occ. ’ă·mā·ṯāh — 1 Occ. ’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā — 16 Occ. ’ă·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ. ’ă·mā·ṯōw — 6 Occ. ’am·hō·wṯ — 1 Occ. hā·’ā·māh — 3 Occ. hā·’ă·mā·hōṯ — 2 Occ. la·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 4 Occ. lə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 8 Occ. wa·’ă·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ. wa·’ă·mā·ṯōw — 2 Occ. wə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯay — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯāw — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ. wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem — 2 Occ. wə·la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ.
Genesis 20:17 BIB: וְאֶת־ אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃ NAS: and his wife and his maids, so that they bore KJV: and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare INT: Abimelech and his wife and his maids boreGenesis 21:10 BIB: לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם גָּרֵ֛שׁ הָאָמָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את וְאֶת־ NAS: out this maid and her son, KJV: Cast out this bondwoman and her son: INT: to Abraham Drive maid likewise son Genesis 21:10 BIB: יִירַשׁ֙ בֶּן־ הָאָמָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את עִם־ NAS: of this maid shall not be an heir KJV: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir INT: shall not be an heir the son maid likewise with Genesis 21:12 BIB: הַנַּ֣עַר וְעַל־ אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר NAS: of the lad and your maid; whatever KJV: because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah INT: of the lad because and your maid all manner after Genesis 21:13 BIB: אֶת־ בֶּן־ הָאָמָ֖ה לְג֣וֹי אֲשִׂימֶ֑נּוּ NAS: And of the son of the maid I will make KJV: And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make INT: also the son of the maid A nation will make Genesis 30:3 BIB: וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה אֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה בֹּ֣א NAS: She said, Here is my maid Bilhah, go KJV: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, INT: said Here is my maid Bilhah go Genesis 31:33 BIB: וּבְאֹ֛הֶל שְׁתֵּ֥י הָאֲמָהֹ֖ת וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑א NAS: of the two maids, but he did not find KJV: and into the two maidservants' tents; INT: the tent of the two maids did not find Exodus 2:5 BIB: וַתִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֶת־ אֲמָתָ֖הּ וַתִּקָּחֶֽהָ NAS: and sent her maid, and she brought KJV: she sent her maid to fetch INT: the reeds and sent her maid brought Exodus 20:10 BIB: וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָ עַבְדְּךָ֤֨ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ NAS: your male or your female servant KJV: thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, INT: your daughter your male your female your cattle your sojourner Exodus 20:17 BIB: רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ NAS: or his male servant or his female servant or his ox KJV: nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, INT: your neighbor's his male his female his ox his donkey Exodus 21:7 BIB: אֶת־ בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאָמָ֑ה לֹ֥א תֵצֵ֖א NAS: his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go KJV: his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out INT: A man his daughter A female is not to go Exodus 21:20 BIB: א֤וֹ אֶת־ אֲמָתוֹ֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט וּמֵ֖ת NAS: or female slave with a rod KJV: his servant, or his maid, with a rod, INT: his male or female A rod dies Exodus 21:26 BIB: אֶת־ עֵ֥ין אֲמָת֖וֹ וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י NAS: or female slave, and destroys KJV: or the eye of his maid, that it perish; INT: or of his eye female and destroys free Exodus 21:27 BIB: אֽוֹ־ שֵׁ֥ן אֲמָת֖וֹ יַפִּ֑יל לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י NAS: or female slave, he shall let him go KJV: tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; INT: or of his tooth female knocks free Exodus 21:32 BIB: הַשּׁ֖וֹר א֣וֹ אָמָ֑ה כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים NAS: or female slave, the owner shall give KJV: a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give INT: the ox or female of silver thirty Exodus 23:12 BIB: וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן־ אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃ NAS: and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, KJV: and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, INT: may refresh and the son of your female your stranger Leviticus 25:6 BIB: לְךָ֖ וּלְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔ NAS: yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man KJV: for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, INT: food and your male and female and your hired and your foreign Leviticus 25:44 BIB: וְעַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִהְיוּ־ NAS: As for your male and female slaves KJV: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen INT: your male and female whom may have Leviticus 25:44 BIB: תִּקְנ֖וּ עֶ֥בֶד וְאָמָֽה׃ NAS: and female slaves whom KJV: bondmen and bondmaids. INT: buy male and female Deuteronomy 5:14 BIB: וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־ וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨ וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜ NAS: servant or your female servant KJV: nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, INT: your daughter your male your female your ox your donkey Deuteronomy 5:14 BIB: יָנ֛וּחַ עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃ NAS: or your female servant or your ox KJV: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest INT: may rest servant servant You Deuteronomy 5:21 BIB: שָׂדֵ֜הוּ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ שׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ NAS: or his male servant or his female servant, his ox KJV: or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, INT: his field his male his female his ox his donkey Deuteronomy 12:12 BIB: וּבְנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖ם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהַלֵּוִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר NAS: your male and female servants, KJV: and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite INT: and daughters your male and female and the Levite who Deuteronomy 12:18 BIB: וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּוִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר NAS: and your male and female servants, KJV: and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite INT: and daughter and your male and female and the Levite who Deuteronomy 15:17 BIB: עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂה־ כֵּֽן׃ NAS: likewise to your maidservant. KJV: for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do INT: forever Also to your maidservant shall do likewise 56 Occurrences
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