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Ammonite[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- From the Semitic root ḥnn.[1] Was common in Canaan and vicinity.
- Cognate with Arabic خنون .
Proper noun[edit]
- sandbox1 (hanun) m
- 1. Hanun the king of the Ammonite kingdom.
Further reading[edit]
- Nahman Avigad. Ammonites. 1970. (in Essays in honor of Glueck, ed. Sanders).
References[edit]
- ^ Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon.