עַמִּיאֵל
am.mi.el
Ammiel
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Ammiel: A Biblical Name Entry Ammiel (עַמִּיאֵל) appears in the Hebrew Bible as a proper noun occurring only once in the biblical text. The name combines two semantic elements: "am" (people) and "el" (God), literally meaning "my people is God" or "God of my people." This compositional structure follows a common naming convention in ancient Hebrew where names expressed theological affirmations or relationship statements. Given its single occurrence in the biblical record, Ammiel functions primarily as an identifier for a specific individual rather than carrying broader semantic development or theological significance within biblical usage. The lemma is catalogued as a distinct entry in biblical lexicons precisely because it appears as a proper name, though its limited occurrence restricts what can be determined about its cultural or religious weight in biblical tradition. The name's form suggests it belonged to someone within an Israelite or related Semitic-speaking context where theophoric names (names incorporating divine references) were standard practice. Without additional contextual data from the lexicon entry regarding the specific biblical passage where this name appears or the identity of the individual bearing it, analysis remains limited to its formal structure and classification as a hapax legomenon—a word or name appearing only once in the biblical corpus.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text