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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עֲמָלֵק

עֲמָלֵק

H6002

Transliteration: ʻĂmâlêq

Pronunciation: am-aw-lake'

Definition: Amalek


Original: עמלק

Transliteration: ‛ămâlêq

Phonetic: am-aw-lake'

BDB Definition:

Amalek = "dweller in a valley"
  1. son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan
  2. descendants of Amalek

Origin: probably of foreign origin

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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