Amorite
[ am-uh-rahyt ]
/ ˈæm əˌraɪt /
noun
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
the Semitic language of the Amorites.
Origin of Amorite
1600–10; < Hebrew
ĕmōr(ī) Amorites +
-ite1