my, or his, people
(same as Ammi)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AMMAH (2Sa_2:24 only).A hill near Giah, in the wilderness of Gibeon. Site unknown.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A hill facing Giah by way of the wilderness of Gibeon, where Joab ceased pursuing Abner after Asahel's death (2Sa_2:24). Vulgate mentions a watercourse near, and Robinson describes an excavated fountain under the high rock near Gibeon.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Am'mah. (head). The hill of Ammah. A hill facing Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon, named as the point to which Joab pursued Abner 2Sa_2:24.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
am?a (אמּה, 'ammāh, ?mother? or ?beginning?): A hill in the territory of Benjamin (2Sa_2:24), where Joab and Abishai halted at nightfall in their pursuit of Abner and his forces after their victory over him in the battle of Gibeon. It ?lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon?; but the exact location has not been identified. The same Hebrew word appears as the second part of Metheg-ammah in 2Sa_8:1 the King James Version, but rendered ?mother city? in the Revised Version (British and American), probably however not the same place as in 2Sa_2:24.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.