sentences:  There is also a scholarly debate as to whether this term is a proper name of a group or rather a designation of a type of group.The significance of this comes in identifying possible genealogical backgrounds and connections of some groups given this appellation, such as the Aramaeans and even some tribes that had elsewhere been called Amorites.It would imply either sub-tribes of an over-arching "Aḫlamite" people or rather as separate distinct peoples identified as such by a similar lifestyle.