According to John Tvedtnes, the Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon help persuade us that it is authentic . . . The Hebrew word used for wife really means woman. In three Book of Mormon passages, the word women appears to mean wives: (1 Nephi 17:1; 17:20; Alma 10:11). In Alma 10:11 we read, "For behold, he hath blessed mine house, he hath blessed me, and my women, and my children, and my father and my kinsfolk; yea, even all my kindred hath he blessed." [John A. Tvedtnes, "The Hebrew Background of the Book of Mormon," in Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, F.A.R.M.S., p. 91]
Note* If this is true, then had Amulek been married more than once? [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes