The name Ammiel ( ''‘Ammî’êl'') may refer to several people in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...

. Etymologically, it means "people of God", and is used for the following individuals: * Ammiel, son of Gemalli, one of the

twelve spies The Twelve Spies, as recorded in the Book of Numbers, were a group of Israelite chieftains, one from each of the Twelve Tribes, who were dispatched by Moses to scout out the Land of Canaan for 40 days as a future home for the Israelite people, du ...

sent by

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

to search the land of

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

(Numbers 13:12). He was one of the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavourable report (Numbers 14:37). * The father of

Machir Machir or Makir ( ''Māḵîr'', "bartered") was the name of two figures in the Hebrew Bible: * Machir was the son of Manasseh (tribal patriarch), Manasseh, grandson of Joseph (son of Jacob), Joseph, and father of Gilead (Biblical figure), Gilead. ...

of Lo-debar, in whose house

Mephibosheth Mephibosheth (Biblical Hebrew: , ''Məfīḇōšeṯ'', also called Meribaal, , ''Mərīḇ-Baʻal'') was the son of Jonathan—and, thus, a grandson of Saul—mentioned in the Biblical Books of Samuel and Chronicles. Mephibosheth was five yea ...

the son of Jonathan resided (2 Samuel 9:4, 5; 17:27). * The father of

Bathsheba Bathsheba ( or ; he, בַּת־שֶׁבַע, ''Baṯ-šeḇaʿ'', Bat-Sheva or Batsheva, "daughter of Sheba" or "daughter of the oath") was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was the mother of ...

, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(1 Chronicles 3:5). He is called

Eliam David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; ''hagGībōrīm'', "The Mighty Ones") are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in , part of the "supplementary information" ...

in 2 Samuel 11:3. * One of the sons of Obed-edom the

Levite Levites (or Levi) (, he, ''Lǝvīyyīm'') are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew defi ...

(1 Chronicles 26:5).

Notable examples

Ammiel Alcalay Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956) is an American poet, scholar, critic, translator, and prose stylist. Born and raised in Boston, he is a first-generation American, son of Sephardic Jews from Serbia. His work often examines how poetry and politics affec ...

(born 1956), American poet *

Ammiel Bushakevitz Ammiel Issaschar Bushakevitz (born 9 April 1986 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli-South African pianist. Early life Ammiel Bushakevitz moved at a young age with his family from Jerusalem, Israel to George, Western Cape. Bushakevitz studied at the Con ...

(born 1986), Israeli-South African pianist *

Ammiel Hirsch Ammiel Hirsch ( he, עמיאל הירש, also spelled Amiel Hirsch) (born 1959) is a Reform Jewish rabbi and is an attorney admitted to practice in New York. He is the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue and former executive director of th ...

(born 1959), Reform Jewish rabbi * Ammiel J. Willard (1822-1900), chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court

References

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