Bible Dictionaries
Amaw

Holman Bible Dictionary

(am' aww) Place name meaning, “his people.” Translated “land of children of his people” (KJV) or “his native land” (NIV) or “land of the sons of his people” (NAS) in Numbers 22:5 , but translated as place name in RSV, TEV. Place name also appears in Idrim: Inscription about 1450 B.C. and in an Egyptian tomb inscription. It was located west of Euphrates River south of Carchemish and included Pethor, the home town of Balaam, the prophet.