Patronymically from Amaleq; an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek -- Amalekite(-s).
see HEBREW Amaleq
H6003. Amaleqi
עֲמָלֵקִי adjective, of a people 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:13, also (as predicate) 1:8; collective = (the) Amalekites 1 Samuel 15:6, 15; 30:1, elsewhere with article ׳הָע Numbers 14:25, 43, 45 (J; all + הַכְּנַעֲנִי), 1 Samuel 27:8; הָע ׳שְׂדֵה Genesis 14:7; הָע ׳הַר Judges 12:15 (in Ephraim); read ׳הָע also 1:16 (for הָעָם) Bu GFM, > עֲמָלֵק Hollenb Mey KitKau; on 2 Samuel 1:1 see foregoing.
I. עָמַם
verb (√ of following compare Arabic be comprehensive, include; company; also paternal uncle; perhaps Assyrian ummanu, people; Sabean עם either (a) people, or (b) paternal uncle CISiv. p. 20; plural suffix אעממהו = (b) MordtmHimj. Inschr. 45. 70; also often in proper name CISiv. No. 5, 1, 99, 7 etc., PrätNeue Beitr. 25 HomChrest. 12, 133; A. und A. 6 WeGGN 1893, 480).