Amam

Amam is a town in the Negev belonging to the inheritance of Judah and falling within the enclave later assigned to Simeon. It is named only once.

A Town of the Judahite South

Amam appears in the southern roster of Judah's allotment, listed alongside two of its near neighbors: "Amam, and Shema, and Moladah" (Jos 15:26). The name sits within the long catalog of Judah's southernmost settlements toward the Negev frontier.

Within the Simeonite Enclave

The same southern district is later reassigned, in part, to Simeon, "for the portion of the sons of Judah was too much for them: therefore the sons of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance" (Jos 19:9). The Simeonite list covers Beer-sheba, Shema, Moladah, and the surrounding villages (Jos 19:2-8). Amam itself is not repeated in the Simeon roster, but its companion towns Shema and Moladah carry over from Judah's list, placing Amam inside the geographic pocket where the two tribal allotments overlap.