עַמִּישַׁדָּ֑י
am.mi.shad.day
Ammishaddai
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredAmmishaddai, represented by the Hebrew word עַמִּישַׁדָּ֑י (H5996), appears in the Bible five times and is a proper name denoting a person. The transliteration am.mi.shad.day gives us a clue about its possible composition. It is likely a composite name consisting of "ammim" (people) and "shaddai," likely related to the name El-Shaddai (Gen 17:1), which means "the one who is powerful or all-encompassing." Ammishaddai's significance may be related to its possible connection to El-Shaddai, given the shared root. However, without additional data, this connection remains speculative. What is clear is that Ammishaddai is used as a proper name throughout the Bible, indicating a specific person of importance in a particular narrative context. The limited occurrences of Ammishaddai in the Bible suggest it may be a minor character or a relatively unimportant name to the overall narrative. Nonetheless, the fact that it appears five times indicates a level of prominence, although the extent to which it is significant is unclear without more context.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 2:25“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 7:66On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan,
Numbers 7:71and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 10:25The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.