אַמָּה (ʾammâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning foundation. It appears
249 times
in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H520).
Also rendered
ell
cubit
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 115c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 115c)ell, cubit; measure; a mother, a door-base; post
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אַמָּהnoun, feminine: ell, cubit
1.cubit
2.† measure, full measure, limit
Strong's H520אַמָּה: properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance) KJV:cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 115: אמםʾmm — be wide, roomy, womb, mother