Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 20:12
“And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6021 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Amasa, the name of two Israelites
- Derivation
- from H6006 (עָמַס); burden;
- KJV renderings
- Amasa.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- עֲמָשָׂ֛א — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 17:252 Samuel 17:252 Samuel 19:142 Samuel 20:42 Samuel 20:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֲמָשָׂא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.