H6003

עֲמָלֵקִי

ʻĂmâlêqîy · am-aw-lay-kee'

an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek

Lexicon

Derivation: patronymically from H6002 (עֲמָלֵק);

an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Amalekite(-s).

Letters

עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works

To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲמָלֵקִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of the amalekites2 · 17%
now the amalekites1 · 8%
for the amalekites1 · 8%
then the amalekites1 · 8%
the amalekites1 · 8%
them from the amalekites1 · 8%
and the amalekites1 · 8%
that the amalekites1 · 8%
to an amalekite1 · 8%
him, i am an amalekite1 · 8%
an amalekite1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

עֲמָלֵקִ֖י2הָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י1הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙1וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י1וַעֲמָלֵקִ֣י1הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י1עֲמָֽלֵקִ֔י1וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י1הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי׃ פ1מֵעֲמָלֵקִ֣י1עֲמָלֵקִ֗י1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.