H0522 H0522
Ammah, place name; a hill near Gibeon where Joab halted pursuit of Abner after the battle (2 Samuel 2:24)
The hill of Ammah was a landmark near Gibeon where Joab and Abishai halted their pursuit of Abner and his men after the battle at the pool of Gibeon. This geographic marker helped readers locate the endpoint of that day's pursuit. The name may derive from a word meaning 'aqueduct' or 'water channel,' which would be appropriate for a landmark in that region. It appears only in the narrative of the civil war between David's forces and the house of Saul.
Senses
1. sense 1 — This toponym occurs in 2 Samuel 2:24 as 'the hill of Ammah' that faces Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. The geographic precision of the narrative uses local landmarks to trace the route of the pursuit. All major translations preserve it as a place name. The battle at Gibeon and subsequent pursuit marked a significant episode in the conflict between the houses of Saul and David. 1×
AR["أَمَّةَ"]·ben["অম্মার"]·DE["Ammah"]·EN["Ammah"]·FR["Ammah"]·heb["אמה"]·HI["अम्माह-की"]·ID["Ama"]·IT["Ammah"]·jav["Ama"]·KO["암마의"]·PT["'Ammah"]·RU["Амма"]·ES["Ammah"]·SW["cha-Ama"]·TR["Amma"]·urd["امہ-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† IV. אַמָּה n.pr.loc. hill near Gibeon, גִּבְעַת־אַמָּה 2 S 2:24.