עֲמָשָׂא

2 Samuel 17:25 עֲמָשָׂ֗א וַעֲמָשָׂ֣א Amasa, and Amasa

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

2 Samuel 19:13 וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ and to Amasa

And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

Here: Amasa, Absalom's general (17:25) and David's own nephew through his sister Abigail. Putting his name first in the Hebrew sentence spotlights him: after the message to the elders of Judah (v. 12), here is a separate word for Amasa.

2 Samuel 20:4 עֲמָשָׂ֔א Amasa

Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”

2 Samuel 20:5 עֲמָשָׂ֖א Amasa

So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

2 Samuel 20:8 וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א and Amasa

And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

2 Samuel 20:9 לַעֲמָשָׂ֔א עֲמָשָׂ֖א to Amasa, Amasa

“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

Here: Amasa was also David's nephew (son of Abigail, Zeruiah's sister). He had led Absalom's rebel army and was then made commander in Joab's place.

2 Samuel 20:10 וַעֲמָשָׂ֨א and Amasa

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:12 וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א עֲמָשָׂ֨א and Amasa, Amasa

But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.

1 Kings 2:5 וְלַעֲמָשָׂ֤א and to Amasa

Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

Here: "And to Amasa". Absalom's general, whom David then appointed in Joab's place (2 Sam 19:13). He was also David's nephew and Joab's cousin, which is why Joab could greet him as "my brother" before stabbing him.

1 Kings 2:32 עֲמָשָׂ֥א Amasa

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

Here: David's nephew and Joab's cousin (2 Sam 17:25). He led Absalom's army, was later appointed by David over Judah's troops (2 Sam 19:13), and was murdered by Joab (2 Sam 20:10).

1 Chronicles 2:17 עֲמָשָׂ֑א עֲמָשָׂ֔א Amasa

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

2 Chronicles 28:12 וַעֲמָשָׂ֖א and Amasa

Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.