am.mi.hud is a personal name used chiefly to identify people through father-son relationships in biblical lists and narratives.

The attested use is as a personal name in patronymic expressions: it identifies Elishama in Ephraimite leadership and offering contexts, and also identifies the fathers of Talmai, Samuel, Pedahel, Uthai, and a genealogical descendant.

1. Personal name in patronymic identification · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence and occurs in father-son identifications. In Numbers 10:22 the APB renders "Elishama son of Ammihud" as the one over Ephraim's army; in 2 Samuel 13:37 it renders Talmai as "son of Ammihud, king of Geshur." Numbers 34:20 and Numbers 34:28 similarly identify Samuel and Pedahel by this name.

   Numbers 10:22Numbers 1:10Numbers 2:18Numbers 7:482 Samuel 13:37Numbers 34:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the name in the phrase "son of Ammihud," including references to Elishama, Talmai, Samuel, and Pedahel. This repeated English presentation confirms the patronymic setting of the clauses rather than supplying a lexical definition.