H567Hebrewʾĕmōriy

אֱמֹרִי

Amorite.

87
Total Occurrences
17
Books
87
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1one of the peoples of east canaan and beyond the jordan, dispossessed by the israelite incursion from egypt

Etymology & Derivation

probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559 (אָמַר) in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼĔmôrîy; Pronunciation: em-o-ree'