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עַמּוֹנִי

𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉

Amoni

H5984 noun

SILEX Entry

Root עמן to be people, to gather as a people

Definition

A member of the people of Ammon; pertaining to the people, land, or cultural identity of Ammon, a neighboring nation east of Israel across the Jordan River. As an adjective, designates something or someone belonging to or derived from Ammon.

Semantic Range

member of Ammon, pertaining to the land or people of Ammon, Ammonite individual; related to or characteristic of the nation or territory of Ammon

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root עמן, which is also the basis for the ethnonym עַמּוֹן (Ammon), a people said to descend from Ben-Ammi. The form עַמּוֹנִי is an adjective or gentilic denoting origin from Ammon.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, עַמּוֹנִי refers specifically to an individual from the nation of Ammon, which was a Transjordanian polity historically related but distinct from the Israelites. The term is used as both an ethnonym (the people themselves) and a gentilic adjective (describing origin or association). In legal and genealogical contexts, particularly in laws regarding exclusion from the Israelite assembly (Deuteronomy 23:4), the designation עַמּוֹנִי is important for demarcating ethnic and national boundaries in the biblical narrative. In later periods (post-exilic and Hellenistic), 'Ammonite' as an ethnic term becomes less prominent, as the people of Ammon are less frequently referenced in Israelite and Judean texts. Unlike the later English term "Ammonite," which simply denotes the ancient nation, the Hebrew term is particular to the biblical world and should not be conflated with theological or religious categories from later eras. English translations often render עַמּוֹנִי as 'Ammonite,' but this may obscure the concrete ethnic, geographic, and historical aspects of its use, especially when compared to similar gentilic formations like מוֹאָבִי (Moabite) or אֱדוֹמִי (Edomite).

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

patronymically from עַמּוֹן; an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish; Ammonite(-s).

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Root Family

עמן (ʿ-m-n) — to be people, to gather as a people

Word Forms

8 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5984-04 הָֽ/עַמּוֹנִ֔י haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the Ammonite the Ammonite man 8
H5984-08 וְ/הָֽ/עַמֹּנִ֔ים vehaamonim HC/Td/Ngmpa and the Ammonites and the Ammonites 2
H5984-03 עַמֳּנִיּוֹת֙ amoniot HNgfpa Ammonite Ammonite women 2
H5984-01 עַמּוֹנִ֛י amoni HNgmsa an Ammonite Ammonite man 2
H5984-06 מֵֽ/הָ/עַמּוֹנִ֛ים mehaamonim HR/Td/Ngmpa some of the Ammonites from the Ammonites 1
H5984-02 עַמֹּנִֽים amonim HNgmpa of the Ammonites Ammonites 1
H5984-07 עמוניות mvnyvt HNgfpa Ammonite Ammonite women 1
H5984-05 הָֽ/עַמּוֹנִ֛ים haamonim HTd/Ngmpa the Ammonites the Ammonite men 1

Occurrences in Scripture

18 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5984-08 Deuteronomy 2:20 וְ/הָֽ/עַמֹּנִ֔ים vehaamonim HC/Td/Ngmpa and the Ammonites and the Ammonites
H5984-01 Deuteronomy 23:4 עַמּוֹנִ֛י amoni HNgmsa an Ammonite Ammonite man
H5984-04 1 Samuel 11:1 הָֽ/עַמּוֹנִ֔י haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the Ammonite the Ammonite man
H5984-04 1 Samuel 11:2 הָ/עַמּוֹנִ֔י haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the Ammonite the Ammonite man
H5984-04 2 Samuel 23:37 הָ/עַמֹּנִ֑י haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the Ammonite the Ammonite man
H5984-03 1 Kings 11:1 עַמֳּנִיּוֹת֙ amoniot HNgfpa Ammonite Ammonite women
H5984-02 1 Kings 11:5 עַמֹּנִֽים amonim HNgmpa of the Ammonites Ammonites
H5984-04 Ezra 9:1 הָֽ/עַמֹּנִי֙ haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the-Ammonite the Ammonite man
H5984-04 Nehemiah 2:10 הָֽ/עַמֹּנִ֔י haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the Ammonite the Ammonite man
H5984-04 Nehemiah 2:19 הָֽ/עַמּוֹנִ֗י haamoni HTd/Ngmsa the Ammonite the Ammonite man
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