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H0519אָמָהa.mah

maidservantPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. 9
  3. 3
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 8
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 10
  10. 5
  11. 3
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. 1
  16. 1
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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56 occurrences in 49 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 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 that is with thy servants; there is no want of any thing.'

    וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  2. Ruth 3:9

    And he said: 'Who art thou?' And she answered: 'I am Ruth thine handmaid; spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.'

    אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ (אֲמָ֣תְ) 'a.Ma.te. “maidservant”

  3. 1 Samuel 1:11

    And she vowed a vow, and said: 'O LORD of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Thy handmaid, but wilt give unto Thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his

    אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֗) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ (אֲמָתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant of”

  4. 1 Samuel 1:16

    Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman: for out of the abundance of my complaint and my vexation have I spoken hitherto.'

    אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ (אֲמָ֣תְ) 'a.Ma.te. “maidservant”

  5. 1 Samuel 25:24

    And she fell at his feet, and said: 'Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

    אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (אֲמָתֶֽ) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  6. 1 Samuel 25:25

    Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this base fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and churlishness is with him; but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

    אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ (אֲמָ֣תְ) 'a.Ma.te. “maidservant”

  7. 1 Samuel 25:28

    Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days.

    אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֑) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  8. 1 Samuel 25:31

    that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself. And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy ha

    אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (אֲמָתֶֽ) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  9. 1 Samuel 25:41

    And she arose, and bowed down with her face to the earth, and said: 'Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

    אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”

  10. 2 Samuel 6:20

    Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'How did the king of Israel get him honour to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain

    אַמְה֣וֹת 'am.Hot “[the] maidservants of”

  11. 2 Samuel 6:22

    And I will be yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight; and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them will I get me honour.'

    הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ (אֲמָהוֹת֙) 'a.ma.hOt “maidservants”

  12. 2 Samuel 14:15

    Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy handmaid said: I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

    אֲמָתֽוֹ׃ (אֲמָתֽ) 'a.ma.T “maidservant”

  13. 2 Samuel 14:16

    For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

    אֲמָת֖וֹ (אֲמָת֖) 'a.ma.T “maidservant”

  14. 2 Samuel 20:17

    And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.'

    אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  15. 1 Kings 1:13

    Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him: Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying: Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

    לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”

  16. 1 Kings 1:17

    And she said unto him: 'My lord, thou didst swear by the LORD thy God unto thy handmaid: Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

    לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֔) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  17. 1 Kings 3:20

    And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

    וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ (אֲמָֽתְ) 'a.ma.te. “maidservant”

  18. Ezra 2:65

    beside their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.

    וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ (אַמְהֹֽתֵי) 'am.ho.tei. “female servants”

  19. Nehemiah 7:67

    beside their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

    וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ (אַמְהֹֽתֵי) 'am.ho.tei. “female servants”

  20. Job 19:15

    They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.

    וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי (אַמְהֹתַ) 'am.ho.ta “female servants”

  21. Job 31:13

    If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me--

    וַאֲמָתִ֑י (אֲמָתִ֑) 'a.ma.T “female servant”

  22. Psalms 86:16

    O turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; give Thy strength unto Thy servant, and save the son of Thy handmaid.

    אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (אֲמָתֶֽ) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  23. Psalms 116:16

    I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.

    אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ (אֲמָתֶ֑) 'a.ma.Te. “maidservant”

  24. Nahum 2:8

    And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

    וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ (אַמְהֹתֶ֗י) 'am.ho.Tei. “maidservants”