 In some rabbinical interpretations, Amalek is etymologised as "am lak", "a people who lick" (blood), but most specialists regard the origin to be unknown.According to the Bible, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz (himself the son of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites) and Eliphaz's concubine Timna.Timna was a Horite and sister of Lotan.