ANAMMELECH ə năm’ ə lĕk (עֲנַמֶּ֖לֶכְ). A god worshiped by people from Sepharvaim who were transported to Samaria by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:24). They offered their children as burnt offerings to their gods (v. 31). Some scholars hold that the name should be spelled “Anu-melekh.” Anu was the great sky-god of Babylonia. The name “Anu-melekh” means that Anu was worshiped with the rites of the god Melekh.

Bibliography W. F. Albright, AJSL, xli, 86f.