Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H0519אָמָהa.mah
maidservantPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
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But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.
וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.
אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ (אֲמָ֣תְ) 'a.Ma.te. “maidservant”
And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his
אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֗) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ (אֲמָתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant of”
Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.
אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ (אֲמָ֣תְ) 'a.Ma.te. “maidservant”
And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.
אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (אֲמָתֶֽ) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.
אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ (אֲמָ֣תְ) 'a.Ma.te. “maidservant”
And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.
אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֑) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.
אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (אֲמָתֶֽ) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.
אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”
Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself
אַמְה֣וֹת 'am.Hot “[the] maidservants of”
And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour.
הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ (אֲמָהוֹת֙) 'a.ma.hOt “maidservants”
And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.
אֲמָתֽוֹ׃ (אֲמָתֽ) 'a.ma.T “maidservant”
For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.
אֲמָת֖וֹ (אֲמָת֖) 'a.ma.T “maidservant”
And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.
אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?
לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”
And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.
לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”
As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.
וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ (אַמְהֹֽתֵי) 'am.ho.tei. “female servants”
As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.
וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ (אַמְהֹֽתֵי) 'am.ho.tei. “female servants”
I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country.
וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי (אַמְהֹתַ) 'am.ho.ta “female servants”
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
וַאֲמָתִ֑י (אֲמָתִ֑) 'a.ma.T “female servant”
O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.
אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (אֲמָתֶֽ) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֑) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”
And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.
וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ (אַמְהֹתֶ֗י) 'am.ho.Tei. “maidservants”