HebrewH1151Proper Noun (Masculine)
בֶּן־עַמִּי
ben-am.mi
“Ben-ammi”
1Occurrences
H1151Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ben-Ammi, a son of Lot
from H1121 (בֵּן) and H5971 (עַם) with pronomial suffix; son of my people;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of Ammon living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at ; son of: Lot (H3876) and his second daughter (H3876I); half-brother of Moab (H4124H) § Ben-ami = "son of my people" son of Lot, born to his second daughter, progenitor of the Ammonites
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בֶּן־עַמִּי appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Genesis
1
Key Passages
Genesis 19:38BSB
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
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