amalek () is a figure in the hebrew bible. according to the book of genesis and 1 chronicles, amalek was the son of eliphaz and the concubine timna. timna was a horite and sister of lotan. amalek was the grandson of esau (gen. 36:12; 1 chr. 1:36) who was the chief of an edomite tribe (gen. 36:16). at genesis 36:16, amalek is described as the "chief of amalek", and thus his name can be construed to refer to a clan or a territory over which he ruled. josephus calls him a 'bastard' (Î½ÏÎ¸Î¿Ï), though in a derogative sense.louis h. feldman, '"remember amalek!": vengeance, zealotry, and group destruction in the bible according to philo, pseudo-philo, and josephus, hebrew union college press, 2004 pp.8-9 a late extra-biblical tradition, recorded by nachmanides, maintains that the amalekites were not descended from the grandson of esau but from a man named amalek, from whom the grandson took his name. == amalekites == the amalekites were a people mentioned a number of times in the book of genesis, and considered to be amalek's descendants. in the chant of balaam at numbers, 24:20, amalek was called the 'first of the nations', attesting to high antiquity.j. macpherson, 'amalek' in james hastings,(ed.) a dictionary of the bible: volume i (part i: a -- cyrus), volume 1, university press of the pacific, honolulu, (1898) 2004, pp.77-79,p.77. the name is often interpreted as "dweller in the valley", and occasionally as "war-like," "people of prey", "cave-men"z'ev ben shimon halevi, kabbalah and exodus,weiser books 1988 p.101. in some rabbinical interpretations, amalek is etymologised as a people am, who lick blood,david patterson, a genealogy of evil: anti-semitism from nazism to islamic jihad, cambridge university press, 2011, pp.43,244. but most specialists regard the origin to be unknown.m. weippert, semitische nomaden des zweiten jahrtausends. biblica vol. 55, 1974, 265-280, 427-433 in arabic, the corresponding term for the biblical amalek is imlÄ«q, whose descendants al-â²amÄlÄ«q were early residents of the á¸¥aram at mecca, later supplanted by the banu jurhum, and formed one of the first tribes of ancient arabia to speak arabic.elise w. crosby,ubayd ibn sharÄ«yah, [ht
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