אָמָה
a.mahmaidservantHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine56 occurrences14 books49 verses
Definition
apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave
Traditional renderings: (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Traditional renderings: (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָמָה:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
56 total
- Nehemiah 7:67וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ · and maidservants…in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
- Job 19:15וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי · and maidservantsMy guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
- Job 31:13וַאֲמָתִ֑י · or maidservantIf I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
- Psalm 86:16אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ · of Your maidservantTurn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
- Psalm 116:16אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ · of Your maidservantTruly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
- Nahum 2:7וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ · her maidservantsIt is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.