Genesis 21:10:4Gen.21.10.W4TAB
הָאָמָ֥ה
haama
“slave woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-MA
- Extended
- hah-ah-MAA
- IPA
- /haː.ʔaː.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- slave woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-MA ha-ZOT
- clause
va-TO-mer le-av-ra-HAM ga-RESH ha-a-MA ha-ZOT ve-et-be-NAH
- sentence
va-TO-mer le-av-ra-HAM ga-RESH ha-a-MA ha-ZOT ve-et-be-NAH KI LO yi-RASH ben-ha-a-MA ha-ZOT im-be-NI im-yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The compound ha-amah hazot {הָאָמָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את | hā-ʾā-māh haz-zōṯ} ‘this maidservant’ uses a near demonstrative to dehumanize Hagar.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-haleph–mem–heh
“female servant, handmaid”
In context — Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, “Drive out the maidservant —this one—and her son, for the son of this maidservant will not inherit together with my son, with Isaac.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:10, so the Hebrew word הָאָמָ֥ה (haama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.21.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.10.W4.S1) and character.