בֶּן־עַמִּיBen-ʻAmmîy
proper name, masculine: son of Lot by his younger daughter (Genesis 19:38)
Pronunciation: ben-am-mee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1151
Same root
- בֵּןbên · H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- עַםʻam · H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 19:38 When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.
See every passage
- Genesis 19:38
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).