The meaning of “אֱמֹרִי”
Understanding ʼĔmôrîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from אָמַר in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountai...
אֱמֹרִי
probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from אָמַר in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer Amorite. - § Amorite = "a sayer" - an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes 1) one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 15:16 | “But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” Word: אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) | |
| Deuteronomy 3:2 | “And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.” Word: אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) | |
| 1 Samuel 7:14 | “And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.” Word: אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) | |
| 2 Kings 21:11 | “Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:” Word: אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) | |
| Ezra 9:1 | “Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.” Word: אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy) |