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Am·o·rite

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–noun

1.	a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.

2.	the Semitic language of the Amorites.

[Origin: 1600–10; < Heb ĕmōr(ī) Amorites + -ite¹

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n. A member of one of several ancient Semitic peoples primarily inhabiting Canaan, where they preceded the Israelites, and Babylonia.

[From Hebrew 'ěmōrî, Amorite, from Akkadian amurrû, westerner, Amorite, from amurru, western geographical and tribal designation, perhaps from Sumerian martu, westerner, country to the west of Sumer.]

Am'o·rite' adj.

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Amorite

Amorite, bitter; a rebel; a babbler

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