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Strong's #519 - אָמָה

Transliteration
ʼâmâh
Phonetics
aw-maw'
Origin
apparently a primitive word
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
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אַמָּה
Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine

1a) of humility (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 851 ‑ ἀφαιρέω (af‑ahee‑reh'‑o);  3814 ‑ παιδίσκη (pahee‑dis'‑kay);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (55)
Genesis 7
Exodus 9
Leviticus 3
Deuteronomy 8
Judges 2
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 2
Psalms 2
Nahum 1
NAS (62)
Genesis 7
Exodus 12
Leviticus 3
Deuteronomy 11
Judges 2
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 10
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 2
Psalms 2
Nahum 1
HCS (55)
Genesis 7
Exodus 9
Leviticus 3
Deuteronomy 8
Judges 2
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 2
Psalms 2
Nahum 1
BSB (56)
Genesis 7
Exodus 9
Leviticus 3
Deuteronomy 8
Judges 2
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 10
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 2
Psalms 2
Nahum 1
ESV (44)
Genesis 7
Leviticus 2
Deuteronomy 8
Judges 2
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Psalms 3
WEB (55)
Genesis 7
Exodus 9
Leviticus 3
Deuteronomy 8
Judges 2
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 5
1 Kings 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 2
Psalms 2
Nahum 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1013) ma (אמ AM) AC: Bind CO: Glue AB: ?: The pictograph a represents strength. The m is water or any other liquid. Combined these pictographs mean "strong liquid". Glue was made by placing the hides and other animal parts of slaughtered animals in a pot of boiling water. As the hide boiled, a thick sticky substance formed at the surface of the water. This substance was removed and used as a binding agent. (eng: arm - with the addition of the r sound)

A) ma (אמ AM) AC: ? CO: Arm AB: ?: The arm that holds things together. The arm is seen as glue that encircles and holds together. A cubit was the length of the arm from elbow to fingertip. The mother of the family is the one who binds the family together by holding in her arms and by the work of her arms.

Nf) ma (אמ AM) - Mother: One whose arms hold the family together through her work and love. Also one who fulfills the role of a mother. KJV (220): mother, dam - Strongs: H517 (אֵם)

Nf1) ema (אמה AMH) - I. Cubit:A linear standard of measure equal to the length of the forearm. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Bondwoman:One who is bound to another. KJV (304): cubit, measure, post, handmaid, maidservant, maid, bondwoman, bondmaids - Strongs: H519 (אָמָה), H520 (אַמָּה), H521 (אַמָּה)

jm) nfma (אמונ AMWN) - Craftsman: An architect or artisan who uses the cubit for measuring. KJV (3): multitude, populace - Strongs: H527 (אָמוֹן)

J) mfa (אומ AWM) AC: Bind CO: Tribe AB: ?: A binding together.

Nf1) emfa (אומה AWMH) - Tribe: A family lineage bound together. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (11): people, nation - Strongs: H523 (אֻמָּה), H524 (אֻמָּה)

M) mia (אימ AYM) AC: ? CO: Glue AB: ?

Nm ) mia (אימ AYM) - If: A desire to bind two ideas together. KJV (43): if, not, or, when, whether, doubtless, while, neither, saving - Strongs: H518 (אִם)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic , Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm20, Aramaic , Assyrian amtu Zim BP 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 Sta Gesch 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 (3t. in verse), compare ׳בֶּןאֿ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָמָה pl. אֲמָהוֹת (by insertion of the letter ה, comp. Ch. אֲבָהָן and Lehrg. p. 530), f. a handmaid, female slave; אֲמָֽתְךָ thy handmaid (for I), used even by a free woman when speaking to her superiors, Judges 19:9; 1 Samuel 1:11, 16 1 Samuel 1:16, 25:24, seq.; 2 Samuel 14:15 (comp. אָדֹון). בֶּן־אָמָה “son of a handmaid,” i.e. a slave, Exodus 23:12; Psalms 116:16. (Hence is derived the Arab. verb أَمَا to be a handmaid. Utterly unworthy of attention is the idea that אָמָה handmaid, is derived from the root אָמַהּ, أَمَهَ inito pacto indixit.)


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List of Word Forms
אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ אֲמָת֖וֹ אֲמָתְךָ֖ אֲמָתִ֥י אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ אֲמָתָ֖הּ אֲמָתֽוֹ׃ אֲמָתוֹ֙ אַמְה֣וֹת אָמָ֑ה אמה אמהות אמתה אמתו אמתו׃ אמתי אמתך אמתך׃ הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ הָאֲמָהֹ֖ת הָאָמָ֖ה הָאָמָ֣ה הָאָמָ֥ה האמה האמהות האמהת וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וְאָמָֽה׃ וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ וַאֲמָתִ֑י וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ ואמה׃ ואמהתי ואמהתיה ואמהתיהם ואמהתיו ואמהתיכם ואמתו ואמתי ואמתך ולאמתך לְאָמָ֑ה לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ לאמה לאמתך ’ă·mā·ṯāh ’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā ’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā ’ă·mā·ṯî ’ă·mā·ṯōw ’ā·māh ’am·hō·wṯ ’āmāh ’ămāṯāh ’ămāṯeḵā ’ămāṯəḵā ’ămāṯî ’ămāṯōw ’amhōwṯ aMah amaTah amaTecha amaTi amaTo amHot hā’āmāh hā’ămāhōṯ hā’ămāhōwṯ hā·’ă·mā·hō·wṯ hā·’ă·mā·hōṯ hā·’ā·māh haaMah haamaHot la’ămāṯeḵā la’ămāṯəḵā la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā la·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā laamateCha lə’āmāh lə·’ā·māh leaMah vaamateCha vaamaTi vaamaTo veaMah Veamhotai veamhoTav veamhoteiChem veamhoTeiha veamhoteiHem velaamaTecha wa’ămāṯeḵā wa’ămāṯəḵā wa’ămāṯî wa’ămāṯōw wa·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā wa·’ă·mā·ṯî wa·’ă·mā·ṯōw wə’āmāh wə’amhōṯāw wə’amhōṯay wə’amhōṯehā wə’amhōṯêhem wə’amhōṯêḵem wə·’ā·māh wə·’am·hō·ṯāw wə·’am·hō·ṯay wə·’am·hō·ṯe·hā wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem wə·’am·hō·ṯê·ḵem wə·la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā wəla’ămāṯeḵā
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