Amorite
Americannoun
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a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the ancient Israelites.
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the Semitic language of the Amorites.
Etymology
Origin of Amorite
First recorded in 1600–10; from Hebrew ĕmōr(ī) “Amorites” + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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When nomadic Amorite tribes settled in Mesopotamia, they eventually established new cities such as Mari, Asshur, and Babylon, and they adopted much of the culture they encountered.
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In 1894 BCE, an Amorite chieftain named Sumu-adum took the city and installed himself as ruler.
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People in the region came to speak Amorite, which belonged to the family of Semitic languages.
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The ancient Sumerian cities of Larsa and Isin of this era also preserved these cultural traditions, even as they came under the rule of Amorite kings.
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It is noteworthy that one ward was called Amurru, “the Amorite land.”
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
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