Amalekites
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amalek | 10 |
| Amalekites canonical | 6 |
| Agagites | 1 |
| Amalekites in the Hebrew Bible | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899351 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Amalekites Context triple: [Book of Judges, featuresEnemyGroup, Amalekites]
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A.
Moabites
The Moabites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Dead Sea, frequently depicted in the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and adversaries of Israel.
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B.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
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C.
Moabite
Moabite is an ancient Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the Moabite people east of the Dead Sea, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
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D.
Amorites
The Amorites were an ancient Semitic people prominent in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE, known for establishing powerful kingdoms such as Babylon and for their presence in regions including Canaan and Mesopotamia.
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E.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Amalekites Target entity description: 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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A.
Moabites
The Moabites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Dead Sea, frequently depicted in the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and adversaries of Israel.
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B.
Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are a group in biblical and later traditions regarded as the descendants of Ishmael, often associated with nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
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C.
Moabite
Moabite is an ancient Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the Moabite people east of the Dead Sea, known primarily from a small corpus of inscriptions such as the Mesha Stele.
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D.
Amorites
The Amorites were an ancient Semitic people prominent in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE, known for establishing powerful kingdoms such as Babylon and for their presence in regions including Canaan and Mesopotamia.
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E.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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Saul’s campaign against Amalek ⓘ |
| opponentInBattle |
David
ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ Moses ⓘ Saul ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic exegesis ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| statusInModernScholarship | historicity debated ⓘ |
| theologicalRole |
archetypal enemy of Israel
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symbol of evil in Jewish tradition ⓘ symbol of persistent enmity against Israel ⓘ |
| traditionalLocation |
Negev desert
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Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Sinai Peninsula region
Northern Arabia ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Arabian Peninsula
Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
southern Canaan
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Subject: Amalekites Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (18)
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