The Ammonite language is the extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people mentioned in the Bible, who used to live in modern-day Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. Only fragments of their language survive - chiefly the 9th century BC Amman Citadel Inscription, the 7th-6th century BC Tell Siran bronze bottle, and a few ostraca. As far as can be determined from this small corpus, it was extremely similar to Biblical Hebrew, with some possible Aramaic influence including the use of ‘bd instead of commoner Biblical Hebrew ‘śh for "work". The only other notable difference with Biblical Hebrew is the sporadic retention of feminine singular -t (eg ’šħt "cistern", but ‘lyh "high (fem.)".) The Canaanite languages are a subfamily of the Semitic languages, spoken by the ancient Canaanite peoples. ... For the extinct mollusc see Ammonite. ... Parts of this article contradict each other. ... Amman (Arabic عمان Ê¿AmmÄn), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1. ... Categories: Language stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Canaanite languages | Hebrew language ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. ...
Sources: F. Israel in D. Cohen (ed.), Les Langues Chamito-semitiques, Paris:CNRS 1988.
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A stone seal from Hazeva with paleo-Edomite inscription
Ammonites, or the "children of Ammon," a people of east Palestine who, like the Moabites, traced their origin to Lot, the nephew of the patriarch Abraham, and must have been regarded, therefore, as closely related to the Israelites and Edomites.
By this invasion, as the Moabites were driven to the south of the Arnon, which formed their northern boundary from that time, so the Ammonites were driven out of Gilead across the upper waters of the Jabbok where it flows from south to north, which henceforth continued to be their western boundary (Num.
The Ammonites were settled to the east of the Jordan, their territory originally comprising all from the Jordan to the wilderness, and from the River Jabbok south to the River Arnon (Judges 11:13-22) which later fell to the lot of Reuben and Gad.
The Ammonites were, however, a short time before the invasion of the Hebrews under Josue, driven away by the Amorites from the rich lands near the Jordan and retreated to the mountains and valleys which form the eastern part of the district now known as ElBelka.
The power of the Ammonites was now broken, Ammon apparently becoming a vassal of Israel; later, towards the end of David's reign, another son of King Naas, either through lack of spirit or genuine humanity, heaped kindness upon David, when the distressed old king was at war with his son Absalom (xvii).
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