Lexical Definition

‎עַמּוֹנִי‎ ʻAmmôwnîy (am-mo-nee') Meunite ^N:N--PG
patronymically from ‎עַמּוֹן‎

Ammonite(-s).

• § Ammonite = see Ammon "tribal"
• an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish

1) descendants of Ammon and inhabitants of Ammon

Extended Information

name of: עַמּוֹן

• Someone from Ammon, Ammonite, of Ammon "tribal"
• Another name of am.mon (‎ע‎ַ‎מ‎ּ‎ו‎ֹ‎ן‎ "Ammon" עַמּוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַמּוֺנִי‎, ‎עַמֹּנִי‎ adjective, of a people Ammonite; — absolute masculine singular ‎עַמּוֺנִי‎ as substantive Deut 23:4* an Ammonite (generic), so ‎עַמֹּנִי‎ Neh 13:1 ‎הָעַמּוֺנִי‎ of individual 1Sam 11:1; 1Sam 11:2; 2Sam 23:37 = 1Chr 11:39; Neh 2:19, so ‎הָיַמֹּנִי‎ Neh 2:10; Neh 3:35* feminine singular ‎הָעַמֹּנִית‎ 1Kgs 14:21 = 2Chr 12:13; 1Kgs 14:31, so ‎הָעַמּוֺנִית‎ 2Chr 24:26 ‎הָעַמֹּנִי‎ as substantive collective Ezra 9:1 masculine plural as substantive ‎עַמֹּנִים‎ 1Kgs 11:5, ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ Deut 2:20; Neh 4:1*, ‎׳‎‎הָעַמּוֺ‎ 2Chr 26:8 (on 2Chr 20:1 see ‎מְעוּנִים‎); feminine plural as adjective ‎עַמֳּנִיֹּת‎ 1Kgs 11:1, so Neh 13:23 Qr, Kt ‎עמוניות‎.

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