The name Ammiel ( ''‘Ammī’ēl'') may refer to several people in the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" . '' 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
In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...
to search the land of
Canaan
CanaanThe current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interprets. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : D ...
(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, grandson of Joseph, and father of Gilead. Joseph lived to see and to play a part in the up-bringing of Machir and his c ...
of
Lo-debar
Lo-debar () was a town in the Old Testament in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok river () in ancient Israel. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the home of Machir, a contemporary of David. (2 Samuel 9:4,5).
Lo-debar was also c ...
, in whose house Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan resided (2 Samuel 9:4, 5; 17:27).
* The father of
Bathsheba
Bathsheba (; , ) was an Kings of Israel and Judah, Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother of Solomon ...
David
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...
(1 Chronicles 3:5). He is called Eliam in 2 Samuel 11:3.
* One of the sons of Obed-edom the
Levite
Levites ( ; ) or Levi 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 definite article "" ''Ha-' ...
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
pronunciation, the Hebrew theophoric name Ammiel is read and pronounced as Emmiel or Emil (
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...