What does אֱמֹרִי mean in the Bible?
אֱמֹרִי is a Hebrew word meaning "an Emorite , one of the Canaanitish tribes".
Hebrew · H567
אֱמֹרִי
An Emorite , one of the Canaanitish tribes
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אֱמֹרִי H567
What does אֱמֹרִי mean in the Bible?
אֱמֹרִי is a Hebrew word meaning "an Emorite , one of the Canaanitish tribes".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H567?
The BSB source-word alignment has 87 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of the Amorites (38), Amorites (13), the Amorites (11), the Amorite (4), Amorite (2).
Where does אֱמֹרִי appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 10:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Joshua (20), Deuteronomy (15), Numbers (13), Judges (11).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of the Amorites 38× Genesis 15:16, Numbers 21:21, Numbers 21:25, Numbers 21:26
Amorites 13× Genesis 15:21, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 13:5
the Amorites 11× Genesis 10:16, Genesis 48:22, Exodus 34:11, Numbers 21:13
the Amorite 4× Genesis 14:13, Deuteronomy 2:24, Joshua 5:1, Amos 2:9
Amorite 2× Deuteronomy 4:47, Joshua 24:12
and Amorites 2× Numbers 13:29, Ezra 9:1
And the Amorites 2× Judges 1:35, 1 Samuel 7:14
to the Amorites 2× Numbers 22:2, Joshua 11:3
. . . 1× Judges 11:22
an Amorite 1× Ezekiel 16:45
as did the Amorites 1× Joshua 24:11
but the Amorites 1× Deuteronomy 3:9
gave the Amorites 1× Joshua 10:12
including the Amorites 1× Joshua 24:18
into the Amorite 1× Numbers 21:13
of the Amorite 1× Amos 2:10
than the Amorites 1× 2 Kings 21:11
the land of the Amorites 1× Exodus 23:23
Then the Amorites 1× Deuteronomy 1:44
was an Amorite 1× Ezekiel 16:3
well as the Amorites 1× Genesis 14:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 10:16 הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י to the Amorites Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Genesis 14:7 הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י to well as the Amorites Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Genesis 14:13 הָאֱמֹרִ֗י to the Amorite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Genesis 15:16 הָאֱמֹרִ֖י to of the Amorites Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Genesis 15:21 הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ to Amorites Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Genesis 48:22 הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י to the Amorites Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Exodus 3:8 וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ to Amorites Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Exodus 3:17 וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ to Amorites Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Exodus 13:5 וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜י to Amorites Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Exodus 23:23 הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ to the land of the Amorites Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 10:16
Aligned rows 87
Books represented 17
Genesis 6 Exodus 6 Numbers 13 Deuteronomy 15 Joshua 20 Judges 11 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 3 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 1 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 1 Psalms 2 Ezekiel 2 Amos 2
Source forms
הָאֱמֹרִ֔י 12x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Deuteronomy 1:20, Deuteronomy 3:8, Joshua 9:10, Joshua 12:2
הָאֱמֹרִ֖י 11x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Genesis 15:16, Numbers 21:21, Numbers 21:26, Deuteronomy 1:27
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י 10x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Genesis 48:22, Exodus 33:2, Numbers 21:25, Numbers 21:34
הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י 6x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Genesis 10:16, Genesis 14:7, Joshua 10:12, Judges 10:11
הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ 5x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:31, Joshua 13:4, 1 Samuel 7:14
הָאֱמֹרִ֗י 4x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Genesis 14:13, Joshua 10:5, 1 Kings 4:19, Psalms 135:11
וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ 4x wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Numbers 13:29, Judges 3:5
הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ 3x hā·’ĕ·mō·rî Exodus 23:23, Judges 1:35, Amos 2:9
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 71x Genesis 10:16, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 15:16
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 13x Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 13:5, Numbers 13:29
Noun - proper - masculine singular 2x Numbers 21:29, Ezekiel 16:45
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 1x Numbers 22:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. an Emorite , one of the Canaanitish tribes
Source Gloss
an Emorite , one of the Canaanitish tribes
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes BDB: Amorites Usage: Amorite.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֱמֹרִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain