Amalec

English

Alternative forms

• Amalek

Etymology

ViaLate LatinAmālēcfromKoine GreekἈμᾱλήκ(Amālḗk)fromBiblical Hebrewעֲמָלֵק(ʾĂmālēq).

Pronunciation

• enPR:ămʹə-lĕk',IPA^(key):/ˈæm.əˌlɛk/

Proper noun

Amalec

1. (biblical)The grandson ofEsauthrough his eldest son, in theHebrewBible.
2. Thenationthat purportedly traced theirancestryto this grandson.

Synonyms

• (nation descended from Amalec)::Amalecites,Amalekites

Derived terms

• Amalecite

Translations

grandson of Esau

• Greek:Αμαλήκm(Amalík)

  Ancient:Ἀμαλήκm(Amalḗk)

• Latin:Amālēcm
• Portuguese:Amalequem
• Spanish:Amalecm

Latin

Etymology

ViaKoine GreekἈμᾱλήκ(Amālḗk)fromBiblical Hebrewעֲמָלֵק(ʾĂmālēq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/aˈmaː.leːk/,[äˈmäːɫ̪eːk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/aˈma.lek/,[äˈmäːlek]

Proper noun

Amālēcm(indeclinable)(Late Latin,Medieval Latin)

1. (biblical)Amalec,Amalek:
   1. A malegiven nameof historical usage, notably borne byAmalek,the son ofEliphazand grandson ofEsauin theHebrew Bible
   2. thetribeornationwhich is said to bedescendedfromAmalek;Amalekites

      Synonyms:Amālēcītae,Amālēcītēs

      • 405CE,Jerome,VulgateLiber I Samuelis id est I Regum (1 Samuel).15.3:

        Nunc ergo vade, et percuteAmalec,et demolire universa ejus: non parcas ei, et non concupiscas ex rebus ipsius aliquid, sed interfice a viro usque ad mulierem, et parvulum atque lactentem, bovem et ovem, camelum et asinum.

        Now therefore go, and smiteAmalec,and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet any thing that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Related terms

• Amālēcītēs
• Amālēcīta

Descendants

• →English:Amalec
• →Portuguese:Amalec
• →Spanish:Amalec

Portuguese

Proper noun

Amalecm

1. Alternative form ofAmaleque