עַמּוֹן, (b. h.) pr. n. gent. Ammon, a people descended from Ben Ammi, the son of Lot; mentioned chiefly in connection with Moab. Pes. 119ᵃ בני ע׳. Yad. IV, 3 ע׳ ומואב מעשרין וכ׳ Jewish inhabitants of the land of A. a. M. must give the poor man’s tithes in the Sabbatical years; Yeb. 16ᵃ; Ḥag. 3ᵇ. Gitt. 38ᵃ; Ḥull. 60ᵇ, v. סִיחוֹן; a. fr.