עַמּֽוֹן
𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
Amon
of Ammon
Ammon – both the personal name of a figure in Genesis, the son of Lot by his younger daughter (Gen 19:38), and the collective term for his descendants, who became known in the biblical text as the people of Ammon, occupying a territory east of the Jordan River. The word denotes (1) the ancestor (ʻAmmôn), (2) the group descended from him (Ammonites), and (3) the geographic/political entity ('the land of Ammon'). In context, it refers to either the figure himself, his ethnos, or their territory, depending on literary or historical reference.
Joshua 12:2 · Word #22
Lexicon H5983
| Lemma | עַמּוֹן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 |
| Transliteration | Amon |
| Strong's | H5983 |
| Definition | Ammon – both the personal name of a figure in Genesis, the son of Lot by his younger daughter (Gen 19:38), and the collective term for his descendants, who became known in the biblical text as the people of Ammon, occupying a territory east of the Jordan River. The word denotes (1) the ancestor (ʻAmmôn), (2) the group descended from him (Ammonites), and (3) the geographic/political entity ('the land of Ammon'). In context, it refers to either the figure himself, his ethnos, or their territory, depending on literary or historical reference. |
Morphology HNp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | p — Proper Name — Proper name |
Common Translation
| Phrase | of Ammon |
SIBI-P1 Translation H5983-01
Kin-clan Ammon
| Morphological Notes | Masculine singular proper noun; ethnonym and personal name; no pronominal suffix. |
| Rendering Rationale | The name derives from the root עם (“people, kin, clan”) with a nominal suffix indicating association or descent. “Kin-clan Ammon” preserves the proper name while foregrounding its root sense of peoplehood and clan identity. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
Amon
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Proper noun transliterated from Hebrew. P1 meaning: Kin-clan Ammon |
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