H6003 H6003
Amalekite — gentilic adjective/noun for a member of the Amalekite people, perennial enemies of Israel
The gentilic עֲמָלֵקִי (Amaleqi) designates a member of the Amalekite nation, descendants of Esau's grandson Amalek who inhabited the Negev and Sinai wilderness. They served as Israel's archetypal enemy from the wilderness onward. The term appears collectively with the article for the nation alongside the Canaanites blocking Israel's entry (Num 14:25, 43, 45), in geographic references like 'the field of the Amalekites' (Gen 14:7), and for individuals such as the young man in Saul's campaigns (1 Sam 15:6; 30:13). Spanish 'amalecita' and Arabic 'عمالِقي' both preserve the gentilic form.
Senses
1. Amalekite (gentilic) — Gentilic designating a member or the collective body of the Amalekite people, descendants of Esau's grandson Amalek. Used for the nation alongside the Canaanites (Num 14:25, 43, 45), in geographic references (Gen 14:7; Judg 12:15), and for individuals in Saul's campaigns (1 Sam 15:6; 30:13; 2 Sam 1:8, 13). 12×
AR["العَمَالِيقِي", "الـ-عَماليقَةِ", "الْ-عَمَالِيقِيِّ", "الْعَمَالِيقِيَّ", "الْعَمَالِيقِيُّ", "عَمالِقيٍّ", "عَمَالِقِيٌّ", "عَمَالِقِيٍّ", "مِنْ-العَمَالِيقِي", "وَ-العَمالِقَةُ", "وَ-الْعَمَالِيقُ", "وَالعَمالِقَةِ"]·ben["অমালেকীয়", "অমালেকীয়দের-থেকে", "আমালেকীয়", "আমালেকীয়দের", "এবং-অমালেকীয়দের", "এবং-অমালেকীয়রা", "এবং-আমালেকীয়", "সেই-অমালেকীয়দের"]·DE["Amalekiter", "Amaleqi", "der-Amalekiter", "des-Amalekiters", "ein-Amalekiter", "und-Amalekiter", "und-der-Amalekiter", "von-Amaleqi"]·EN["Amalekite", "Amaleqi", "an-Amalekite", "and-Amalekites", "and-the-Amalekite", "from-Amaleqi", "the-Amalekite"]·FR["Amaleqi", "Amalécite", "de-Amaleqi", "et-Amalécites", "et-le-Amalekite", "et-le-Amalécite", "le-Amalekite", "le-Amalécite", "un-Amalécite"]·heb["ה-עמלקי", "ו-ה-והעמלקי", "ו-ה-עמלקי", "ו-עמלקי", "מ-עמלקי", "עמלקי"]·HI["अमअलेकि", "अमलेकि-क", "अमलेकियोन-के", "अमलेकियोन-से", "अमालेकी", "और-अमअलेकि", "और-अमअलेकियोन-ने", "और-अमालेकी"]·ID["Amalek", "Dari-orang-Amalek", "dan-orang-Amalek", "orang-Amalek"]·IT["Amalekite", "Amaleqi", "da-Amaleqi", "e-Amalechiti", "e-il-Amalecita", "e-il-Amalekite", "il-Amalecita", "un-Amalekite"]·jav["Amalèk", "Amalèki", "Lan-tiyang-Amalèk", "lan-tiyang-Amalèk", "saking-tiyang-Amalek", "tiyang-Amalek", "tiyang-Amalèk"]·KO["그-아말렉사람의", "그리고-그-아말렉사람들을", "그리고-아말렉사람들이", "그리고-아말렉족과", "아말렉-사람", "아말렉사람에게서-", "아말렉사람의", "아말렉의", "아말렉족과"]·PT["'Amaleqi", "'amaleqi", "Amaleqita", "E-o-'Amaleqi", "do-Amaleqita", "e-'amaleqis", "e-o-'amaleqi", "o-'Amaleqi", "o-'amaleqita", "o-Amaleqita"]·RU["-Амалика", "Амалекитянин", "Амалекитянина", "амалекитянин", "амалекитянина", "амаликитянина", "и-Амалекитянин", "и-амаликитян", "и-амаликитяне", "от-Амалекитян"]·ES["De-amalekita", "Y-el-amalecita", "amalecita", "amalekita", "amaleqita", "el-amalecita", "y-amalecitas", "y-el-amalecita"]·SW["Mwaamaleki", "Mwamaleki", "Na-Waamaleki", "Waamaleki", "kutoka-kwa-Waamaleki", "na-Waamaleki", "wa-Waamaleki"]·TR["-Amaleklilerin", "-den-Amalekli", "Amalekli", "Amalekli'nin", "ve-Amalekli", "ve-Amalekliler", "ve-Amaleklilere"]·urd["اور-عمالیقی", "اور-عمالیقیوں", "عمالیقی", "عمالیقی-کے", "عمالیقیوں-سے", "عمالیقیوں-کے۔"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֲמָלֵקִי adj.gent. 1 S 30:13; 2 S 1:13, also (as pred.) v 8; coll. = (the) Amalekites 1 S 15:6, 15; 30:1, elsewhere c. art. הָע׳ Nu 14:25, 43, 45 (J; all + הַכְּנַעֲנִי), 1 S 27:8; שְׂדֵה הָע׳ Gn 14:7; הַר הָע׳ Ju 12:15 (in Ephraim); read הָע׳ also Ju 1:16 (for הָעָם) Bu GFM, > עֲמָלֵק Hollenb Mey Kit Kau; on 2 S 1:1 v. foreg.