LO-AMMI

(Lo-amʹmi) [not my people].

The name of the second son borne by Hosea’s wife Gomer. Jehovah commanded that the child be given this meaningful name to show that He had disowned faithless Israel. (Hos. 1:8, 9) It has been suggested that this boy was not Hosea’s offspring but a child of Gomer’s adultery (Hos. 1:2), for when Jezreel was born, it was said that Gomer “bore to him [Hosea] a son,” whereas regarding Lo-ammi it is merely said that “she proceeded to become pregnant and give birth to a son.”—Hos. 1:3, 8.