(female) slave
H519
Hebrew
UBS
אָמָה
ʼâmâhaw-maw'
Noun Feminine
Definition
= woman who is the legal property of someone else; either married or eligible for marriage; her children belong to the person who owns her; ≈ because of this an אָמָה appears to have a somewhat higher status than a שִׁפְחָה even though both terms are sometimes used interchangeably
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Etymology
apparently a primitive word;
KJV Translations
(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant)
Occurrences49
Frequency Rank#652