Biblica Analytica
H0538 Hebrew

אֲמָם

a.mam

Amam

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Amam
Transliteration
a.mam
Strong's Number
H0538
Occurrences
1
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Amam: A Single Biblical Reference The Hebrew word *amam* (אֲמָם) appears only once in the biblical text, which severely limits what can be determined about its meaning and significance. Based solely on the lexicon data provided, this word is identified as a proper noun—specifically, a place name. The single occurrence in Scripture offers no opportunity to establish patterns of usage, semantic range, or theological importance through comparative analysis within the biblical corpus itself. The extreme rarity of this term—appearing just one time across all biblical literature—means that its function and meaning cannot be reliably established through contextual analysis alone. Without additional occurrences that might clarify its usage or relationships to other terms, *amam* remains a hapax legomenon (a word appearing only once), making it difficult to assign it more than its basic identification as a topographical designation. For readers seeking to understand this word's significance, the single biblical reference itself would be the only direct evidence available for interpretation.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H0538
Lemma
אֲמָם
Transliteration
a.mam
Definition
Amam
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text