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单词 amalek
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Amalekn.

Brit. /ˈaməlɛk/, U.S. /ˈæməˌlɛk/
Forms: Old English Amaleh, Old English Amalehc, Old English Ammalech, Old English–1500s Amalech, Middle English 1600s– Amalek, 1500s Amalecke, 1500s–1600s Amalec, 1500s–1600s Amelech; also Scottish pre-1700 Amalech, pre-1700 Amalek.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Amalec; proper name ʿAmālēq.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Amalec, Amalech (Vulgate), and (in later use) its etymon Hebrew ʿAmālēq, the name of a patriarch in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, the grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12), and also of a tribe believed to be descended from him. Compare later Amalekite n., Amalekite adj.Compare Hellenistic Greek Ἀμαλήκ (Septuagint).
Now historical.
Without article. A nomadic people inhabiting the area south of Canaan; the Amalekites (see Amalekite n.).In Biblical genealogies, Amalek is identified as the ancestor of the Amalekite people. On the basis of Exodus 17:13, Amalek has also been understood to be the name of a king or leader, sometimes conflated with the ancestral Amalek. As a result, in some contexts it is difficult to distinguish whether the reference is to the people, the ancestral figure, or the king, particularly in sources that allude to the attack on the Israelites in the desert described in Exodus 17:8–16.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun]
AmalekOE
Amalekitea1382
Massagetaea1398
Jebusite1535
Massagetes1561
Hyksos1602
Philistia1857
Hatti1874
Mitanni1909
OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxxxii. 6 Telege sceotu [read Selegesceotu] synd onsægd in Idumea.., eac synt Moabes, Ammon and Ammalech, Agareni,..and grame manige fremde þeoda.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 8480 Agag..Kyng of Amalech was þat quede, a fulle proude kyng.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 197 In the tyme of Moyses, the ledere and gouernoure of the Pepill of Israelle, we redyth, that a pepill y-callid amalech faghten agaynes Israell.
1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice x. sig. E.iiiv Because Amalech people did let the children of Israel going to the lande of promise.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §55. 286 The enemies subdued are comprised under this collective word Amalek.
1795–1804 W. Blake Four Zoas in Compl. Writings (1972) 348 Hear ye the song of the Females of Amalek.
1919 N. Hill Story Sc. Church ix. 193 But Amalek prevailed and slaughtered some four hundred of the Chosen People.
2007 Jrnl. Relig. 87 295 A Jew must remember the unprovoked attack of Amalek on the Israelites in the desert.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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