The meaning of “אָמָה”
Understanding ʼâmâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently a primitive word (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant). - a maidservant or female slave 1) maid-servant, f...
אָמָה
apparently a primitive word (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant). - a maidservant or female slave 1) maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine 1a) of humility (fig.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 21:13 | “And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.” Word: אָמָה (ʼâmâh) | |
| Leviticus 25:44 | “Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.” Word: אָמָה (ʼâmâh) | |
| Judges 19:19 | “Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.” Word: אָמָה (ʼâmâh) | |
| 1 Samuel 25:25 | “Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.” Word: אָמָה (ʼâmâh) | |
| 1 Kings 1:17 | “And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.” Word: אָמָה (ʼâmâh) |
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