单词 | amalek |
释义 | Amalekn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.OE |
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