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# עֲמָלֵק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6002

**Amalek** — used 39 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Amalek [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6002/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲמָלֵק: n.pr.gent. Amalek adj.gent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6002/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** 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 (cf. adj.gent. infr.), 2 S 8:12 = 1 Ch 18:11, cf. ψ 83:8; also הָע׳ 2 S 1:1 (where read עֲמָלֵק or הָעֲמָלֵקִי, v. Comm.); ע׳ 1 Ch 4:43; as grandson of Esau Gn 36:12 (P) = 1 Ch 1:36, Gn 36:16; appar. connected with Ephr. territory Ju 5:14 (cf. 12:15 infr.; yet GFM conj. עֵמֶק).—On Amalek v. NöAmalekites (1864); Ency. Bi. s.v..

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Amalek (33); of Amalek (6).

## In the verses

[Exodus 17:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.8/#tree)

וַיָּבֹ֖א עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּרְפִידִֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.came Amalek and it.joined.battle with Israel at Rephidim

*JPS 1917:* Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

[Psalms 83:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.8/#tree)

גְּבָ֣ל וְ֭עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת עִם־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* Gebal and Ammon and Amalek Philistia with the.inhabitants of.Tyre

*JPS 1917:* Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6002.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6002/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).