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Meaning and etymology of the name Ammihur
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Ammihur 
The name Ammihur occurs just once in the Bible, and most translations and commentators don't even list it because they assume it's a corruption of the name Ammihud. But it certainly occurs in the Hebrew Bible. When Absalom has his half-brother Ammon killed because he had raped their sister Tamar, Absalom flees to Talmai, son of Ammihur, king of Geshur and stays there for three years (2 Samuel 13:37).
The name Ammihur consists of two parts:
2) The second part of the name Ammihur looks like it has to do with the root group  (harar I, II & III):
The verb (harar I) means to be burned or charred (Isaiah 24:6, Ezekiel 24:10).
The unused root (hrr II) yields the derivations  (hor), meaning noble or nobleman. This word most often occurs in the plural, to denote a social stratus (1 Kings 21:8, Jeremiah 39:6).
The unused root (hrr III) yields the derivations (hor), meaning hole, and  (hor), also meaning hole or rather cavern (Isaiah 42:22). This word is identical to the second part of our name Ammihur.
The name Ammihur means Cave People.
Related names are
Ben Hur,
Harhur,
Hauran,
Hori,
Horite and
Hur.
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