a.chi.ma.ats is a personal name used for men identified in family, administrative, and messenger settings.

The term functions throughout as a proper personal name: it identifies individuals in family and administrative notices and, most often in the supplied verses, the son of Zadok who receives and carries information for the king.

1. Personal name in family and royal narratives · dominant

   The supplied morphology marks the form as a proper noun. In 2 Samuel 15:36 the APB renders a clause naming “Ahimaaz son of Zadok” among the two sons who can send reports; in 2 Samuel 17:17 he and Jonathan receive information to pass on to King David. In 2 Samuel 18:19 the APB renders him asking to run with news to the king, while 1 Kings 4:15 names an Ahimaaz in an administrative and marriage notice.

   2 Samuel 15:362 Samuel 17:172 Samuel 18:192 Samuel 18:281 Kings 4:151 Samuel 14:50

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB usually presents the proper name directly, especially in the 2 Samuel narratives, such as “Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” In 1 Chronicles 6:38, although the supplied original form is present, the paraphrase’s genealogical wording does not transparently display the name; the paraphrase is not word-aligned.