[am-uh-rahyt] 
| 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. |
| Am·o·rite (ām'ə-rīt') 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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