Ammi
ammi
my people, a name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hos. 2:1, 23. Comp. 1:9; Ezek. 16:8; Rom. 9:25, 26; 1 Pet. 2:10).
Historical Examples
To the north of Moab came the kingdom of Ammon, or the children of ammi.
Patriarchal Palestine Archibald Henry Sayce
The only excuse offered for the inhuman act of ammi White was found over one hundred years after the crime was committed.
The Loyalists of Massachusetts James H. Stark
Then the Jews (ammi) will call the Saxons their sister, long lost, but found at last.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild
The Ammonites believed themselves to be the children of the national god ammi.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Archibald Sayce
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