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title: אַמָּה — foundation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַמָּה (4965), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: foundation. BDB 1906: n.f. mother-city. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַמָּה

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«אַמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **foundation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4965 · **BDB:** אַמָּה²

### Glosses

of (1); the.bridle (1); the.cubit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foundation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/4965/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. mother-city [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/4965/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. only mother-city, metropolis (cf. אֵם 2 S 20:19 \& Ph.); in phrase מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה authority of mother-city 2 S 8:1; v. מֶתֶג; cf. Dr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/4965/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.1/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֥ךְ דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם וַיִּקַּ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־מֶ֥תֶג הָאַמָּ֖ה מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.was after thus and he.defeated David (et) \[the\].Philistines and he subdued.them and he.took David (et) the.bridle of the.cubit from the.hand of.\[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them; and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

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