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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 Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Judges 19:19

    and 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.'

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

  2. Ruth 3:9

    And 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.'

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

  3. 1 Samuel 1:11

    and 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.'

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

  4. 1 Samuel 1:16

    put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.'

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

  5. 1 Samuel 25:24

    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.

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

  6. 1 Samuel 25:25

    `Let 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;

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

  7. 1 Samuel 25:28

    `Bear, 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.

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

  8. 1 Samuel 25:31

    that 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.'

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

  9. 1 Samuel 25:41

    And 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.'

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

  10. 2 Samuel 6:20

    And 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!'

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

  11. 2 Samuel 6:22

    and 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.'

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

  12. 2 Samuel 14:15

    `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,

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

  13. 2 Samuel 14:16

    for 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,

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

  14. 2 Samuel 20:17

    And 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.'

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

  15. 1 Kings 1:13

    go 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?

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

  16. 1 Kings 1:17

    And 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;

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

  17. 1 Kings 3:20

    and 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;

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

  18. Ezra 2:65

    apart from their servants and their handmaids; these `are' seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them `are' singers and songstresses two hundred.

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

  19. Nehemiah 7:67

    apart 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.

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

  20. Job 19:15

    Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.

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

  21. Job 31:13

    If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

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

  22. Psalms 86:16

    Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.

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

  23. Psalms 116:16

    Cause `it' to come, O Jehovah, for I `am' Thy servant. I `am' Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.

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

  24. Nahum 2:7

    And 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.

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