It is interesting that in response to the sermons of Amulek and Alma on Christ and the atonement, the people of Ammonihah:
1. "began to be astonished" (Alma 10:12)
2. "began again to be astonished" (Alma 11:46)
3. "began to be more astonished" (Alma 12:19)
Saying something three times in Hebrew symbolically represents the superlative, which means that the people of Ammonihah were the most astonished they could be at the message of Christ delivered by Amulek and Alma. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]