1) maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine 1a) of humility (fig.)
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H519 — אָמָה
a.mah · maidservant · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 20:17 · וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יוAbraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.Genesis 21:10 · הָאָמָ֥ה · הָאָמָ֣הTherefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”Genesis 21:12 · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָGod said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.Genesis 21:13 · הָאָמָ֖הI will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed.”Genesis 30:3 · אֲמָתִ֥יShe said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”Genesis 31:33 · הָאֲמָהֹ֖תLaban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.Exodus 2:5 · אֲמָתָ֖הּPharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.Exodus 20:10 · וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;Exodus 20:17 · וַאֲמָתוֹ֙“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”Exodus 21:7 · לְאָמָ֑ה“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.Exodus 21:20 · אֲמָתוֹ֙“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.Exodus 21:26 · אֲמָת֖וֹ“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.Exodus 21:27 · אֲמָת֖וֹIf he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.Exodus 21:32 · אָמָ֑הIf the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.Exodus 23:12 · אֲמָתְךָ֖“Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.Leviticus 25:6 · וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָThe Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.Leviticus 25:44 · וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ · וְאָמָֽה׃“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.Deuteronomy 5:14 · וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ · וַאֲמָתְךָ֖but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.Deuteronomy 5:21 · וַאֲמָתוֹ֙“Neither shall you covet your neighbor’s wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”Deuteronomy 12:12 · וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑םYou shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.Deuteronomy 12:18 · וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָbut you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.Deuteronomy 15:17 · לַאֲמָתְךָ֖then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.Deuteronomy 16:11 · וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.Deuteronomy 16:14 · וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָand you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.Judges 9:18 · אֲמָתוֹ֙and you have risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);Judges 19:19 · וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָYet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.”Ruth 3:9 · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ · אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am Ruth your handmaid. Therefore spread your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.”1 Samuel 1:11 · אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ · לַאֲמָתְךָ֖She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”1 Samuel 1:16 · אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔Don’t count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”1 Samuel 25:24 · אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ · אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.1 Samuel 25:25 · אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔Please don’t let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn’t see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.1 Samuel 25:28 · אֲמָתֶ֑ךָPlease forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.1 Samuel 25:31 · אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ סthat this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.”1 Samuel 25:41 · אֲמָֽתְךָ֙She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”2 Samuel 6:20 · אַמְה֣וֹתThen David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”2 Samuel 6:22 · הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in my own sight. But of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, they shall honor me.”2 Samuel 14:15 · אֲמָתֽוֹ׃Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’2 Samuel 14:16 · אֲמָת֖וֹFor the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.2 Samuel 20:17 · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָHe came near to her; and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Hear the words of your handmaid.” He answered, “I do hear.”1 Kings 1:13 · לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙Go in to king David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?’1 Kings 1:17 · לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָShe said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’1 Kings 3:20 · וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.Ezra 2:65 · וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.Nehemiah 7:67 · וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.Job 19:15 · וְ֭אַמְהֹתַיThose who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.Job 31:13 · וַאֲמָתִ֑י“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;Psalm 86:16 · אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.Psalm 116:16 · אֲמָתֶ֑ךָYahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.Nahum 2:7 · וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָIt is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.