אָמָה

ʼâmâh Strong H519

Engelsk maid, handmaid

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic , Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm²⁰, Aramaic , Assyrian amtu Zim^{BP 67}) — ׳א absolute 1 Mos 21,10 +; suffix אֲמָתִי 1 Mos 30,3 +, etc.; plural absolute אֲמָהֹת 1 Mos 31,33; 2 Sam 6,22 construct אַמְהוֺת 2 Sam 6,20 אַמְהֹתַי Job 19,5 etc. — maid, handmaid.

1. literally maidservant (= שִׁפְחָה q. v., where however sometimes more servile; rarely P in Hexateuch) 1 Mos 30,3; 1 Mos 31,33 (|| שִׁפְחָה 1 Mos 29,24; 1 Mos 29,29 P 1 Mos 30,4f. J etc.) 2 Mos 2,5 (all E); 2 Sam 6,20; 2 Sam 6,22; Job 19,15; Nah 2,8 (suffix refers to mistress, except Job 19,15 compare 2 Sam 6,20; 2 Sam 6,22); in legisl. (|| עֶבֶד) 2 Mos 20,10; 2 Mos 20,17; 2 Mos 21,20; 2 Mos 21,26; 2 Mos 21,27; 2 Mos 21,32 (all E) 3 Mos 25,6; 3 Mos 25,44 (twice in verse) (H) 5 Mos 5,14 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 5,18; 5 Mos 12,12; 5 Mos 12,18; 5 Mos 15,17 (compare see 12) 5 Mos 16,11; 5 Mos 16,14 compare also Job 31,13; Ezr 2,65; Neh 7,67 applied to concubine (suffix of master) 1 Mos 20,17; 1 Mos 21,12; 2 Mos 23,12 (all E) Dom 9,18; Dom 19,19 also 1 Mos 21,10 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 21,13 (1 Mos 16,1f. P שִׁפְחָה q. v.) 2 Mos 21,7 (all E), see on this Sta^{Gesch i: p. 380.}

2. figurative in address, אֲמָֽתְךָ etc., referring to speaker, in token of humility; Rut 3,9 (twice in verse) (|| שׁפחה Rut 2,13) 1 Sam 1,16 (|| id. v1 Sam 1,18) 1 Sam 25,24 (twice in verse); 1 Sam 25,25; 1 Sam 25,28; 1 Sam 25,31; 1 Sam 25,41 (|| id. v1 Sam 25,27) 2 Sam 14,15; 2 Sam 14,16 (|| id. v2 Sam 14,6 v2 Sam 14,7 v2 Sam 14,12 v2 Sam 14,15 v2 Sam 14,17 v2 Sam 14,19); 2 Sam 20,17; 1 Kong 1,13; 1 Kong 1,17; 1 Kong 3,20 in addressing God (never שׁפחה) 1 Sam 1,11 (3 t. in verse), compare ׳בֶּןאֿ Sl 86,16; Sl 116,16.

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שִׁפְחָה BDB8953

שִׁפְחָה noun feminine maid, maid-servant (synonym אָמָה, q. v.; originally = concubine ? compare √); — absolute ׳שׁ 1 Mos 16,1 +; construct שִׁפְחַת v1 Mos 16,2 +; suffix שִׁפְחָתִי v1 Mos 16,2 +, etc.; plural absolute שְׁפָחוֺת 1 Mos 12,16 +; suffix שִׁפְחֹתֶ֑ךָ Rut 2,13, etc.; —

1. literally, maid, maid-servant, as belonging to a mistress 1 Mos 16,1; 1 Mos 16,3; 1 Mos 16,6; 1 Mos 16,8 (PJ) 1 Mos 29,24; 1 Mos 29,29 (P) Sl 123,2; Ord 30,23; Es 24,2 even where concubine of master (compare אָמָה) 1 Mos 16,2; 1 Mos 16,5 (PJ) 1 Mos 25,12; 1 Mos 35,25; 1 Mos 35,26 (P) 1 Mos 30,4; 1 Mos 30,7; 1 Mos 30,9; 1 Mos 30,10; 1 Mos 30,12; 1 Mos 30,18 (all J E); less often reference to master 1 Mos 29,24; 1 Mos 29,29 (J), Rut 2,13, of concubine 1 Mos 32,23, compare 1 Mos 33,1; 1 Mos 33,2; 1 Mos 33,6 (all J); marriageable 3 Mos 19,20 (H, compare 2 Mos 11,5 not elsewhere in legisl.); in general, especially of menial service (never אָמָה) 2 Mos 11,5 (J) 1 Sam 25,41 (opposed to אָמָה) 2 Sam 17,17 (|| עֶבֶד) 1 Mos 12,16; 1 Mos 24,35(J) 1 Mos 20,14 (E) 1 Mos 30,43 (P) 1 Mos 32,6 (J; collective) 5 Mos 28,68; 1 Sam 8,16; 2 Kong 5,26; Es 14,2; Jer 34,9; Jer 34,10; Jer 34,11 (twice in verse); Jer 34,16 (twice in verse); Joel 3,2; Praed 2,7; 2 Kron 28,10; Est 7,4.

2. figurative in address, שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ, etc., of speaker, in token of humility (see אָמָה) Rut 2,13 (|| אָמָה Rut 3,9), 1 Sam 1,18 (|| id. v1 Sam 1,16), 1 Sam 25,27, (|| v1 Sam 25,24f.), 1 Sam 28,21; 1 Sam 28,22; 2 Sam 14,6; 2 Sam 14,7; 2 Sam 14,12 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 14,15; 2 Sam 14,17; 2 Sam 14,19 (|| אָמָה v2 Sam 14,15 v2 Sam 14,16); 2 Kong 4,2; 2 Kong 4,16 not toward God; but see אָמָה.

Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.