Hebrew word · H5989

עַמִּיהוּד

'amihud

Ammihud

A personal name made of ʿam ("kinsman, paternal relative"; later also "people"), the suffix -î ("my") and hôd ("splendour, majesty"). It is usually read as "my kinsman is splendour" or "my kinsman is majestic", where "kinsman" refers to God as the family's divine relative.

Appears 10 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.10;

son of: Ladan (H3936);

father of: Elishama (H0476)

§ Ammihud = "my kinsman is majesty"

1) an Ephraimite, father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the time of the exodus

2) a Simeonite, father of Shemuel

3) father of Pedahel, prince of the tribe of Naphtali

4) father of king Talmai of Geshur

5) a descendant of Judah through his son Pharez

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 7:26

Range of meaning

A personal name made of ʿam ("kinsman, paternal relative"; later also "people"), the suffix -î ("my") and hôd ("splendour, majesty"). It is usually read as "my kinsman is splendour" or "my kinsman is majestic", where "kinsman" refers to God as the family's divine relative.

Against the English

English simply writes the name. Readers miss that the name is a statement of faith.

Used elsewhere in the period

Names built on ʿam are common in early Hebrew and other West Semitic languages (Ammiel, Amminadab, Ammishaddai; Amorite Ammi-names in the Mari texts). In Ammi-names the ʿam element often has the older sense of a clan's divine kinsman. Ammihud is the name of several men: the father of Elishama of Ephraim (Num 1:10), a Simeonite (Num 34:20), a Naphtalite (Num 34:28), and the father of a king of Geshur (2 Sam 13:37).

Where it appears

Numbers · 7

  1. Numbers 1:10 עַמִּיה֑וּד Ammihud

    from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

  2. Numbers 2:18 עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ Ammihud

    On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,

  3. Numbers 7:48 עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ Ammihud

    On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.

  4. Numbers 7:53 עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ פ Ammihud

    and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.

  5. Numbers 10:22 עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ Ammihud

    Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

  6. Numbers 34:20 עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ Ammihud

    Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;

  7. Numbers 34:28 עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ Ammihud

    and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 13:37 עַמִּיה֖וּד Ammihud

    Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:26 עַמִּיה֥וּד Ammihud

    Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

    Here: The next generation. Readers who knew the Torah would know the name: in Numbers, Ammihud is the father of Elishama, the chief of Ephraim. The name probably means "my kinsman is splendour", with the divine Kinsman in view.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:4 עַמִּיה֤וּד Ammihud

    Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

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