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title: עֲמָלֵקִי — the · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲמָלֵקִי (6003), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: the. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲמָלֵקִי

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«עֲמָלֵקִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 6003 · **BDB:** עֲמָלֵקִי

### Glosses

Amalekite\[s\] (6); the.Amalekite\[s\] (2); Amalekite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6003/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6003/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. 1 S 30:13; 2 S 1:13, also (as pred.) v 8; coll. = (the) Amalekites 1 S 15:6, 15; 30:1, elsewhere c. art. הָע׳ Nu 14:25, 43, 45 (J; all + הַכְּנַעֲנִי), 1 S 27:8; שְׂדֵה הָע׳ Gn 14:7; הַר הָע׳ Ju 12:15 (in Ephraim); read הָע׳ also Ju 1:16 (for הָעָם) Bu GFM, \> עֲמָלֵק Hollenb Mey Kit Kau; on 2 S 1:1 v. foreg.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲמָלֵקִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6003/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.1.8/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֖י מִי־אָ֑תָּה וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו עֲמָלֵקִ֖י אָנֹֽכִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to me who? \[are\].you and I.said to him \[am\].an.Amalekite I

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto me: Who art thou? And I answered him: I am an Amalekite.

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[Judges 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.15/)

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וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.died Abdon the.son of.Hillel the Pirathonite and he.was.buried at Pirathon in the.land of.Ephraim in the.hill.country of the.Amalekite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

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