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Amminadib

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5993

עַמִּי נָדִיב

am.mi na.div — Amminadib

Amminadib = "my people are willing" 1) an unknown person noted for the swiftness of his chariots 1a) possibly not a person but should be translated 'my willing people' Combined with am (עַם "Ammi" H5971)

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Historical dictionary entry

A person mentioned in Cant. 6:12, whose chariots were famed for their swiftness. It is rendered in the margin “my willing people,” and in the Revised Version “my princely people.”

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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