AMORITES — (Heb. אֱמֹרִי; Emori), the pre Israelite inhabitants of the land of Israel. The word appears approximately 85 times in the Hebrew Bible and is used to designate all or part of that population. The Semitic derivation of the word, and possibly also … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Amorites — Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen. 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions. On the early Babylonian monuments all Syria, including Palestine, is known… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Amorites — originally a pastoral, Semitic speaking hill people who began settling in the region of northern Babylonia in the last years of the third millennium B.c. The city dwelling Mesopotamians initially viewed the Amorites as odd and almost laughably … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Amorites — Amorrites Cet article concerne le peuple amorrite. Pour la langue amorrite, voir Amorrite. Les Amorrites sont un peuple sémite apparu au Proche Orient vers le milieu du IIIe millénaire av. J. C. Ils apparaissent dans les textes sumériens… … Wikipédia en Français
Amorites — see Phoenicians. Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Rosalie and Antony E. David … Ancient Egypt
AMORITES — a powerful Canaanitish tribe, seemingly of tall stature, NE. of the Jordan; subdued by Joshua at Gibeon … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Amorites — Inhabitants of Transjordan before the entry of the Israelites, perhaps settled by 1900 BCE. They resisted the newcomers but were expelled. Compiling the story in the 7th cent. BCE, the Deuteronomist editor regards their expulsion as the proper… … Dictionary of the Bible
Mount of the Amorites — The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et Tih ( the wandering ), mentioned Deut. 1:19, 20, that great and terrible wilderness … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Амориты — (Amorites, также Amurru), ветвь семитских народов, которые выдвинулись из пустынной полосы и разрушили шумерскую цивилизацию Ура в 2000 г. до н.э., после чего заняли господствующее положение в Месопотамии. Однако скоро их культура была… … Археологический словарь
Amorite — (Sumerian MAR.TU, Akkadian Tidnum or Amurrūm, Egyptian Amar, Hebrew ’emōrî אמורי) refers to a Semitic people [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9007224/Amorite Amorite] Brittanica] [ [http://www.crystalinks.com/amorites.html Amorites] ] who… … Wikipedia
