Amorite
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Amorite is a broad term meaning wetsern in old Arabian dialects. It refers to the ancient West Arabian tribes that settled the levant in third millenia BC.
The Amorites branched into: The Arameans The East Cannanites (Hyksos, Hebrews, Edomites, Amalik) The West Canaanites (Phoenicians and Philistians)
Etymology
Amurru in Akkadian literally meaning the westerner, it wast derived from the word West
West in ancient Arabian dialects:
Amurru (East Arabian/Akkadian) Hamarieeb (West Arabian/Ancient Hebrew) Almaghrib (West Arabian/Classical Arabic)