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title: עֲמָשָׂא — Amasa · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲמָשָׂא (6021), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Amasa. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲמָשָׂא

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«עֲמָשָׂא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Amasa** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 6021 · **BDB:** עֲמָשָׂא

### Glosses

Amasa (14); of.Amasa (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Amasa [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6021/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6021/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. עמס, עמשׂ? or read עַמִּשַׂי (ii. עַם + יִשַׂי), WeIsr. u. Jüd. Gesch. 24, cf. GrayProp. N. 44, 323);— Absalom’s general 2 S 17:25(×2) 19:14 + 8 times 2 S 20; 1 K 2:5, 32; 1 Ch 2:17(×2), 𝔊 Αμεσσ(α)ει, 𝔊L Αμεσσα. Ephraimite 2 Ch 28:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲמָשָׂא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6021/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.17/)

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וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֑א וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Abigail she.bore (et) Amasa and the.father of.Amasa \[was\].Jether the Ishmaelite

*JPS 1917:* And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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[2 Samuel 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.5/)

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ עֲמָשָׂ֖א לְהַזְעִ֣יק אֶת־יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיּ֕וֹחֶר מִן־הַמּוֹעֵ֖ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְעָדֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.went Amasa to summon (et) Judah and he.was.delayed from the.appointed time which he had.appointed.for.him

*JPS 1917:* So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

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