Amalec
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Via Late Latin Amālēc from Koine Greek Ἀμᾱλήκ (Amālḗk) from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq).
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Amalec
- (biblical) The grandson of Esau through his eldest son, in the Hebrew Bible.
- The nation that purportedly traced their ancestry to this grandson.
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- (nation descended from Amalec):: Amalecites, Amalekites
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Via Koine Greek Ἀμᾱλήκ (Amālḗk) from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʾĂmālēq).
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmaː.leːk/, [äˈmäːɫ̪eːk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈma.lek/, [äˈmäːlek]
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Amālēc m (indeclinable) (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)
- (biblical) Amalec, Amalek:
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Amalek, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau in the Hebrew Bible
- the tribe or nation which is said to be descended from Amalek; Amalekites
- Synonyms: Amālēcītae, Amālēcītēs
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Liber I Samuelis id est I Regum (1 Samuel).15.3:
- Nunc ergo vade, et percute Amalec, 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 smite Amalec, 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.
- Nunc ergo vade, et percute Amalec, 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.
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Amalec m
- Alternative form of Amaleque