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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| Amalekite |
| SYLLABICATION: | Am·a·lek·ite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m  -l k  t, -ml -kt |
| NOUN: | A member of an ancient nomadic people of Canaan said in the Bible to be descendants of Esau's grandson Amalek. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew ‘m l qî, from ‘mlq, Amalek.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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