Amalek

[ am-uh-lek ]

noun

, Bible.

1. the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau.
2. a nomadic tribe or nation descended from Amalek and hostile to Israel.

Example Sentences

When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.

From Salon

When Netanyahu invokes Amalek, biblical enemy of the Israelites, he is doing so not as a rabbi or a scholar, but as prime minister of a country with an army that is waging war.

From Slate

With the ground offensive getting underway in late October, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited the Bible in a televised address: “You must remember what Amalek has done to you.”

From Seattle Times

Netanyahu denied that this week and said he was referring to Amalek as a way to describe Hamas and its attack.

From Seattle Times

The attorney also played footage of Israeli soldiers chanting that they will "wipe off the seed of Amalek" and that there are "no uninvolved civilians" in Gaza.

From Salon