Biblica Analytica

אַמָּה

am.mah (H0520B)

foundation

1 verses 1 books OT 1 / NT 0
AI Word Study

# אַמָּה (ammah) - "Foundation" The Hebrew word אַמָּה (ammah) appears only once in the biblical text, making it a rare lexical item. According to the lexicon data, it carries the meaning "foundation," suggesting a structural or foundational sense—something upon which other elements rest or are established. The extreme rarity of this term (appearing in only a single biblical passage) limits what we can determine about its full semantic range or how it functioned in ancient Hebrew discourse. A word attested only once provides no comparative contexts that would show whether it was a standard term for foundations, a poetic variant, or a specialized usage. This single occurrence means scholars cannot reliably determine whether the word was common in everyday speech but rarely written down, archaic by the time the biblical text was composed, or simply peripheral to the concerns of biblical writers. Without additional occurrences or related forms to examine, the significance of this term remains constrained to whatever specific architectural, metaphorical, or theological purpose it served in its single biblical appearance. Its isolation in the textual record leaves it one of Hebrew's more obscure vocabulary items.

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Isaiah 6:4

The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.