עֲמָלֵק

Genesis 36:12 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Genesis 36:16 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

Exodus 17:8 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

Here: The people called by the name of their ancestor Amalek, Esau's grandson (Genesis 36:12). The verbs are singular because the whole nation acts as one figure. They were desert-dwelling relatives of Israel.

Exodus 17:9 בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק against Amalek

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

Here: "Against Amalek." Amalek is a desert people descended from Esau (Gen 36:12), and the Hebrew uses the people's name as if it were one person. A major pause in the traditional accent marks falls here and closes the first half of the verse.

Exodus 17:10 בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק against Amalek

Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Here: With the verb 'fight,' the preposition 'b-' means 'against.' Amalek is named as one figure, the ancestor standing for the whole people (compare Genesis 36:12). That is how verses 14–16 can speak of a war 'with Amalek from generation to generation.'

Exodus 17:11 עֲמָלֵֽק׃ Amalek

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

Here: A people of the southern desert, descended from Esau according to Genesis 36:12. The name stands for the whole people. They were the first nation to attack Israel after the exodus (Deut 25:17–19).

Exodus 17:13 עֲמָלֵ֥ק Amalek

So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

Exodus 17:14 עֲמָלֵ֔ק Amalek

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

Here: The Amalekites, a nomadic people of the Negev and Sinai, traced in Genesis to Esau's grandson (Gen 36:12). They had just attacked Israel at Rephidim.

Exodus 17:16 בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק with Amalek

“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

Numbers 13:29 עֲמָלֵ֥ק Amalek

The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

Numbers 24:20 עֲמָלֵ֔ק עֲמָלֵ֔ק Amalek

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

Here: A semi-nomadic people of the Negev and Sinai, traced in Genesis 36:12 to Esau's grandson. In Israel's memory it was the enemy that attacked first and worst (Exodus 17; Deuteronomy 25). The name means a people, so the "he" and "his" that follow refer to Amalek as one collective figure.

Deuteronomy 25:17 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

Deuteronomy 25:19 עֲמָלֵ֔ק Amalek

When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

Here: A specific people, descended by tradition from Esau's grandson (Genesis 36:12), who roamed the Negev and Sinai. The verse names them because of the attack on Israel's stragglers described just before.

Judges 3:13 וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק and Amalek

After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.

Judges 5:14 בַּעֲמָלֵ֔ק [was] in Amalek

Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

Judges 6:3 וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛ק and Amalek

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

Here: Israel's oldest enemy in the stories, the nomads of the southern desert who attacked Israel's stragglers after the exodus (Exod 17; Deut 25:17–19). Naming them adds the weight of an old hostility.

Judges 6:33 וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק and Amalek

Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

Judges 7:12 וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק and Amalek

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Here: Israel's old enemy, the people who attacked the stragglers after the exodus (Exod 17; Deut 25:17–19). Naming Amalek tells the hearer that Israel's oldest enemy has joined in.

Judges 10:12 וַֽעֲמָלֵק֙ and Amalek

Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?

1 Samuel 14:48 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

1 Samuel 15:2 עֲמָלֵ֖ק Amalek

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.

Here: The people is named as one person, as Hebrew usually does with nations, so the whole people is treated as one responsible party across the generations. They were a nomadic, raiding people of the Negev and Sinai, traced to Esau's grandson (Gen 36:12).

1 Samuel 15:3 עֲמָלֵ֗ק Amalek

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

Here: The people named after their ancestor, treated as one person (the following 'him' and 'his' are singular). This is Israel's standing enemy since the Exodus (Exod 17; Deut 25).

1 Samuel 15:5 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 15:6 עֲמָלֵֽק׃ Amalek

And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:7 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Here: The people called by their ancestor's name, as if a single figure. The Hebrew says "Amalek", the same name carried by Israel's old enemy in Exodus 17 and Deuteronomy 25, not merely "some Amalekites".

1 Samuel 15:8 עֲמָלֵ֖ק Amalek

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

1 Samuel 15:18 עֲמָלֵ֔ק Amalek

and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

1 Samuel 15:20 עֲמָלֵ֔ק עֲמָלֵ֖ק Amalek

“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

1 Samuel 15:32 עֲמָלֵ֔ק Amalek

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

1 Samuel 28:18 בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק on Amalek

Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.

1 Samuel 30:18 עֲמָלֵ֑ק Amalek

So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

Here: The nation is named as a single figure, 'Amalek,' the way Israel's old enemy was spoken of in Exodus 17 and Deuteronomy 25. To an Israelite ear the name brought up a long and bitter history, and Saul's failure against this same enemy in 1 Samuel 15.

2 Samuel 1:1 הָעֲמָלֵ֑ק <the> Amalek

After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

2 Samuel 8:12 וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק and from Amalek

from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

1 Chronicles 1:36 וַעֲמָלֵֽק׃ ס and Amalek

The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.

1 Chronicles 4:43 לַעֲמָלֵ֑ק of Amalek

and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

1 Chronicles 18:11 וּמֵֽעֲמָלֵֽק׃ and from Amalek

and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.

Psalm 83:7 וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק and Amalek

of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.