("hamlet of the Ammonites".) Among Benjamin's towns (Joshua 18:24). The name alludes to some Ammonite inroad up the ravines from the Jordan valley to the Benjamite highlands.
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Chephar-haammonai' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.