אֱמֹרִי

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H567

Transliteration: ʼĔmôrîy

Pronunciation: em-o-ree'

Definition: Amorite

Original: אמרי

Transliteration: 'ĕmôrı̂y

Phonetic: em-o-ree'

BDB Definition:

Amorite = "a sayer"

one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

Origin: probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from H559" class="dictionary-topic-link">H559 in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence

TWOT entry: 119