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Ammiel
The name
Ammiel
may
refer to
several people in the
Hebrew Bible
.
Etymologically
, it means "people of God", and is used for the following individuals:
Ammiel, son of
Gemalli
, one of the
twelve spies
sent by
Moses
to search the
land of Canaan
. He was one of the
ten
who
perished
by
the plague
for their unfavourable report.
The
father of
Machir
of
Lo-debar
, in whose house
Mephibosheth
the son of
Jonathan
resided.
The father
of
Bathsheba
, the
wife
of
Uriah
, and
afterwards
of
David
. He is called
Eliam
in
2 Samuel
11:3.
One of the sons of Obed-edom the
Levite
.
Notable examples
Ammiel Alcalay
,
American poet
Ammiel Bushakevitz
, Israeli-South African
pianist
Ammiel Hirsch
,
Reform Jewish
rabbi
Ammiel J.
Willard
,
chief justice
on the
South Carolina Supreme Court