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Ammi meaning

Ammi in Biblical Hebrew
עמי
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🔼The name Ammi: Summary

Meaning
My People
Etymology
From the noun עם ('am), people or kinsman.
Related names
• Via עם ('am): Adullam, Amalek, Amalekite, Amam, Amasa, Ammiel, Ammihud, Ammihur, Amminadab, Ammishaddai, Ammizabad, Ammon, Amram, Aniam, Balaam, Ben-ammi, Bileam, Chephar-ammoni, Eliam, Gomorrah, Ibleam, Immanuel, Ithream, Jashobeam, Jekameam, Jeroboam, Jokdeam, Jokmeam, Jokneam, Jorkeam, Lo-ammi, Rehoboam, Ummah

🔼The name Ammi in the Bible

The name Ammi occurs only once in the Bible, as a symbolic name given to the male population of Israel; the female population is called Ruhamah (Hosea 2:1). These two names arise as responses to the names of the children of Hosea and Gomer, named Lo-ammi and Lo-ruhamah (Hosea 1:6).

🔼Etymology of the name Ammi

The name Ammi comes from the assumed Hebrew root עמם:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עמם

The verb עמם ('mm) probably expressed to be inclusive or comprehensive. Its rare uses in the Bible relate to making secrets or making info available to an in-crowd. Preposition עם ('im) means 'with', מעם (me'im) means 'from', and עמה ('umma) means 'beside'. Noun עם ('am) means a people, ranging from all of mankind to the in-crowd of a small village. Noun עם ('am) refers to one's (paternal) kinsman.

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The letter י (yod) upon which this name end is a common extension that creates a possessive form. It may be interpreted as my people or people-like or even belonging to the people. Ethnonyms are also formed by adding a (yod) to the name of one's country or ancestor (like: an Israeli from Israel).

🔼Ammi meaning

In the book of Hosea, the name Ammi probably means My People.