1. Amalek (proper noun) — Proper noun referring to Amalek, the eponymous ancestor of the Amalekites or the Amalekite nation/people collectively. All seven sense clusters represent the same referent with purely morphological and syntactic variation: bare nominative, with conjunction, with various prepositions (b-, l-, min-), and with the article. Spanish 'Amalec/Amaleq,' Hindi 'amalek,' Arabic 'amaliq,' Korean 'amallek,' Swahili 'Amaleki/Waamaleki' all consistently render the same proper noun across all syntactic contexts without any semantic differentiation. 39×
AR["العَمالِقَةُ","عَمالِيقَ","عَمَالَيقَ","عَمَالَيقُ","عَمَالِيق","عَمَالِيقَ","عَمَالِيقُ"]·ben["অমালেক","অমালেক।","অমালেককে","অমালেকের","আমালেক","আমালেককে","আমালেকের"]·DE["Amalek","Amaleq"]·EN["Amalek","Amaleq"]·FR["Amalek"]·heb["עמלק"]·HI["अमअलेक-ने","अमलेक","अमलेक-के","अमलेक-ने","अमालेक","अमालेक-का","अमालेक-की","अमालेक-ने"]·ID["Amalek","orang-Amalek"]·IT["Amalec","Amalek","Amaleq"]·jav["Amalek","Amalèk","Amalék","tiyang-Amalek"]·KO["아말렉-은","아말렉-을","아말렉-의","아말렉-이","아말렉을","아말렉의","아말렉이"]·PT["'Amaleq","'Amaleq,","'Amaleq.","Amaleq","Amaleque"]·RU["Амалек","Амалека","Амалекитянина","Амалик","Амалика","амаликитяне"]·ES["Amalec","Amalek","Amaleq","a-Amaleq"]·SW["Amaleki","Waamaleki","ya-Amaleki"]·TR["Amalek","Amalek'i","Amalek'in","Amalek-i"]·urd["عمالیق","عمالیق-نے","عمالیق-کی","عمالیق-کے"]
Gen 36:12, Gen 36:16, Exod 17:8, Exod 17:9, Exod 17:10, Exod 17:11, Exod 17:13, Exod 17:14, Exod 17:16, Num 13:29, Num 24:20, Num 24:20 (+27 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
עֲמָלֵק39 n.pr.gent. Amalek (on—ָ v. LagBN 162 BaNB 160);—ancient people Nu 24:20(×2), S. of Canaan—in Negeb 13:29 (all JE), fierce and warlike Bedawin (cf. GASmGeogr. 282 GFM Ju 6:3, 33), foes of Isr. during Exodus Ex 17:8 + 6 times Ex 17 (E), Dt 25:17, 19; later marauders in Isr. territory Ju 3:13; 6:3, 33; 7:12; 10:12, defeated by Saul 1 S 14:48; 15:2 + times 1 S 14:28, 18, and by David 30:18…