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 · וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יוAnd Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:Genesis 21:10 · הָאָמָ֥ה · הָאָמָ֣הand she saith to Abraham, ‘Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son—with Isaac.’Genesis 21:12 · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָand God saith unto Abraham, ‘Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee—hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.Genesis 21:13 · הָאָמָ֖הAs to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he is thy seed.’Genesis 30:3 · אֲמָתִ֥יAnd she saith, ‘Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;’Genesis 31:33 · הָאֲמָהֹ֖תAnd Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.Exodus 2:5 · אֲמָתָ֖הּAnd a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it,Exodus 20:10 · וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙and the seventh day is a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates,—Exodus 20:17 · וַאֲמָתוֹ֙Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which is thy neighbour’s.’Exodus 21:7 · לְאָמָ֑ה‘And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;Exodus 21:20 · אֲמָתוֹ֙‘And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;Exodus 21:26 · אֲמָת֖וֹ‘And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;Exodus 21:27 · אֲמָת֖וֹand if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.Exodus 21:32 · אָמָ֑ה‘If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.Exodus 23:12 · אֲמָתְךָ֖‘Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;Leviticus 25:6 · וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ‘And the sabbath of the land hath been to you for food, to thee, and to thy man-servant, and to thy handmaid, and to thy hireling, and to thy settler, who are sojourning with thee;Leviticus 25:44 · וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ · וְאָמָֽה׃And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast are of the nations who are round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,Deuteronomy 5:14 · וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ · וַאֲמָתְךָ֖and the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;Deuteronomy 5:21 · וַאֲמָתוֹ֙Thou dost not desire thy neighbour’s wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which is thy neighbour’s.Deuteronomy 12:12 · וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑םand ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who is within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.Deuteronomy 12:18 · וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָbut before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;Deuteronomy 15:17 · לַאֲמָתְךָ֖then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put it through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.Deuteronomy 16:11 · וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there,Deuteronomy 16:14 · וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָand thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates.Judges 9:18 · אֲמָתוֹ֙and ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he is your brother—Judges 19:19 · וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָand both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants; there is no lack of anything.’Ruth 3:9 · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ · אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔And he saith, ‘Who art thou?’ and she saith, ‘I am Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art a redeemer.’1 Samuel 1:11 · אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ · לַאֲמָתְךָ֖and voweth a vow, and saith, ‘Jehovah of Hosts, if Thou dost certainly look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and hast remembered me, and dost not forget Thy handmaid, and hast given to Thy handmaid seed of men—then I have given him to Jehovah all days of his life, and a razor doth not go up upon his head.’1 Samuel 1:16 · אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.’1 Samuel 25:24 · אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ · אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃and falleth at his feet and saith, ‘On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid.1 Samuel 25:25 · אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name is so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;1 Samuel 25:28 · אֲמָתֶ֑ךָBear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee all thy days.1 Samuel 25:31 · אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ סthat this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord—either to shed blood for nought, or my lord’s restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.’1 Samuel 25:41 · אֲמָֽתְךָ֙And she riseth and boweth herself—face to the earth—and saith, ‘Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.’2 Samuel 6:20 · אַמְה֣וֹתAnd David turneth back to bless his house, and Michal daughter of Saul goeth out to meet David, and saith, ‘How honourable to-day was the king of Israel, who was uncovered to-day before the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain ones is openly uncovered!’2 Samuel 6:22 · הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙and I have been more vile than this, and have been low in mine eyes, and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them I am honoured.’2 Samuel 14:15 · אֲמָתֽוֹ׃And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, it is because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid,2 Samuel 14:16 · אֲמָת֖וֹfor the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man seeking to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God,2 Samuel 20:17 · אֲמָתֶ֔ךָAnd he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, ‘Art thou Joab?’ and he saith, ‘I am.’ And she saith to him, ‘Hear the words of thy handmaid;’ and he saith, ‘I am hearing.’1 Kings 1:13 · לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙go and enter in unto king David, and thou hast said unto him, Hast thou not, my lord, O king, sworn to thy handmaid, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne? and wherefore hath Adonijah reigned?1 Kings 1:17 · לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָAnd she saith to him, ‘My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid: Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne;1 Kings 3:20 · וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me—and thy handmaid is asleep—and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;Ezra 2:65 · וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙apart from their servants and their handmaids; these are seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them are singers and songstresses two hundred.Nehemiah 7:67 · וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙apart from their servants and their handmaids—these are seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and of them are singers and songstresses, two hundred forty and five.Job 19:15 · וְ֭אַמְהֹתַיSojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.Job 31:13 · וַאֲמָתִ֑יIf I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,Psalm 86:16 · אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.Psalm 116:16 · אֲמָתֶ֑ךָCause it to come, O Jehovah, for I am Thy servant. I am Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.Nahum 2:7 · וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָAnd it is established—she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.