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06002 עֲמָלֵק‎ ‘Amaleq [am-aw-lake’] AyinMemLamedKuf probably of foreign origin; n pr m/n pr gent; [BDB-766a] [{See TWOT on 1639 @@ "1639b" }] [{See TWOT on 1639 @@ "1639c" }] We see 06001 עָמֵל‎ ‘amel "labourer, sufferer, wretched one" and 06003 עֲמָלֵקִי‎ ‘Amaleqiy AyinMemLamedKufYod as Amalekite= see Amalek "people of lapping" The oracle of Balaam called them the 'first of the nations'. The term is etymologised as 'a people who lick (blood).

• Amalek= "dweller in a valley"

n pr m

1) son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan

n pr gent

2) descendants of Amalek