- לָק
- לָקm. (לָקַק) lapping, greedy. Pesik. Zakh., p. 26b> ע̇מ̇לק̇ ע̇ם̇ ל̇ק̇ אומהוכ׳ Amalek is ʿam lak (a greedy people), a people that came to lap the blood of Israel like a dog; Yalk. Deut. 938; Yalk. Ex. 262; a. e. Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 9, a. e. עם לק פרחוכ׳, v. יֶלֶק.
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