Amalekites

E108902

biblical people ethnic group in the Hebrew Bible nomadic people

The Amalekites are a nomadic people in the Hebrew Bible known for their repeated conflicts with the Israelites and their role as a symbol of persistent enmity against Israel.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Amalek	10
Amalekites canonical	6
Agagites	1
Amalekites in the Hebrew Bible	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical people ⓘ ethnic group in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ nomadic people ⓘ
AmalekAncestorDescentFrom	Esau ⓘ
ancestor	Amalekites self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amalek
associatedWithFigure	Joshua ⓘ King David ⓘ King Saul ⓘ Moses ⓘ Prophet Samuel ⓘ
commandConcerning	divine command to blot out remembrance of Amalek ⓘ
commandSourceText	1 Samuel ⓘ surface form: 1 Samuel 15 Deuteronomy 25:17-19 ⓘ Exodus 17:14 ⓘ
conflictWith	Israelites ⓘ Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
culturalRole	subject of extensive rabbinic commentary ⓘ
descentFrom	Amalekites self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amalek
describedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
ethnonymLanguage	Hebrew ⓘ
firstMentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Genesis 14 ⓘ
laterJewishInterpretation	metaphor for spiritual or ideological opposition to God ⓘ
mentionedIn	1 Chronicles ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Chronicles 1 Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Samuel 2 Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of 2 Samuel Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges Book of Numbers ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle at Rephidim ⓘ battle with Israel at Rephidim in Exodus 17 ⓘ
notableEvent	David’s conflict with Amalekites at Ziklag ⓘ Saul’s campaign against Amalek ⓘ
opponentInBattle	David ⓘ Joshua ⓘ Moses ⓘ Saul ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islamic exegesis ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
statusInModernScholarship	historicity debated ⓘ
theologicalRole	archetypal enemy of Israel ⓘ symbol of evil in Jewish tradition ⓘ symbol of persistent enmity against Israel ⓘ
traditionalLocation	Negev desert ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Sinai Peninsula region Northern Arabia ⓘ surface form: northwestern Arabian Peninsula Canaan ⓘ surface form: southern Canaan

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judges → featuresEnemyGroup → Amalekites ⓘ

subject surface form: Book of Judges

King Saul → enemy → Amalekites ⓘ

Gideon → enemy → Amalekites ⓘ

Saul → associatedWith → Amalekites ⓘ

Amalekites → ancestor → Amalekites self-linksurface differs ⓘ