Lexicon
עָמִית
a.mit
H5997
H:N-M Hebrew

neighbor

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a.mit denotes another person viewed in a direct interpersonal relationship, especially in matters of conduct, injury, and exchange.

The attested use identifies another person in a direct interpersonal relation: someone toward whom just judgment, correction, protection from injury, and fair commercial conduct are required. The same relational designation also appears in Zechariah 13:7 for the man associated with the speaker's shepherd.

Senses in use

  1. A person in direct relation to another · dominant

    The construct noun occurs where conduct is directed toward another person: in Leviticus 19:15 the APB renders the command to judge "your neighbor" righteously, and in Leviticus 24:19 it renders the person injured as "his neighbor." In Leviticus 25:14 and Leviticus 25:15, the clause concerns selling to and buying from that person; Zechariah 13:7 likewise places the construct form in the phrase rendered "the man who is my neighbor" alongside the shepherd.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as "neighbor," including in clauses about judgment, injury, trade, and the shepherd in Zechariah 13:7. In Leviticus 19:11 and Leviticus 25:17, it instead renders the reciprocal clauses "one another"; These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed translations of the term.

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