my, or his, people
(same as Ammah)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AMMI (my people).The name to be applied to Israel in the time of restoration. It is to take the place of Lo-ammi (= not my people), the name given in the first instance by Hosea to Gomers third child, but in the prophetic fragment, Hos_1:9-11 [in Heb_2:1-3], referred to the people of Israel.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(Hos_2:1-23.) "My people;" the name betokening God's reconciliation to His people, in contrast to Lo-ammi, "not My people" (Hos_1:9), though once "Mine" (Eze_16:8). The Gentiles, once not God's people, shall become His people (Rom_9:25-26; 1Pe_2:10).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Am'mi. That is, as explained in the margin of the Authorized Version, my people. Hos_2:1.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
am?ı̄ (עמּי, ‛ammı̄, ?my people?): A symbolic name given to Israel by Hosea (Hos_2:1; Hos_2:3 in Hebrew text), descriptive of Israel in the state of restoration, and in contrast to sinful and rejected Israel, represented by Hosea's son, who was called Lo-ammi, ?not my people,? when born to the prophet (Hos_1:9, Hos_1:10). This restoration to the Divine favor is more fully described in Hos_2:21, Hos_2:23 in words quoted by Paul (Rom_9:25, Rom_9:26). The use of such figurative and descriptive names is frequent in the Old Testament; compare Isa_62:4, Isa_62:12.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ammi
(Hebrew Ammi', עֵמּי, my people, Sept. λαός μου), a figurative name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hos_2:1) to denote their restoration from Babylon (Henderson, Comment. in loc.). SEE LO-AMMI.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.