Amasa ~ አሜሳይ: burden / EBD, (1 ዜና 2፡17) ... [Related term(s):- Amasai, Amasiah, Amashai, Amaziah, Amos, Amoz Amzi]

The name ‘Amasa’ is derived from ‘Ametsa’ (አመጻ) ፥ the meaning is ‘Rebelliousness, Disobedience, Revolutionary person’/ Ibid.

See also:- Amasa / ዓሜሳይ 

The son of Abigail, a sister of King David, “And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.” (1 Chr 2:17; 2 Sam 17:25); He was appointed by David to command the army in room of his cousin Joab, (2 Sam 19:13)

The other person with the same name: A son of Hadlai, and chief of Ephraim; (2 Chr 28:12) in the reign of Ahaz;
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አሜሳይ ~Amasa: አመሳ፣ አመጻ፣ የሚያምስ፣ የሚረብሽ፣ ተቃዋሚ፣ የማይታዘዝ፣ የማይገዛ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- አማሢ፣ አማሲ፣ አማሳይ፣ ዓማሣይ፣ አማስያ፣ ዓማስያ፣ ዓሜሳይ፣ አሜስያስ፣ አሞጽ]

‘አመጸ’ ከሚለው ቃል የመጣ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ሁለት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        አሜሳይ /Amasa: የእስማኤላዊው የዬቴር ከአቢግያ የወለደው፥  (1 ዜና 2፡17)

II.                        ዓሜሳይ /Amasa: የሐድላይ ልጅ፥ (2 ዜና 28:12)