עֵמֶק

עֵ֫מֶק₇₀ noun masculine^{Mik 1,4} vale (properly deepening, depth, see GASm^{Geogr. 384 f. 654 f.}; compare בִּקְעָה, גַּיְא, נַחַל); — ׳י absolute Jos 8,13 +, construct 1 Mos 14,17 +; suffix עִמְקֵךְ Jer 49,4, עִמְקָם Jer 47,5 (but see below); plural עֲמָקִים Mik 1,4, suffix עֲמָקַיִךְ Es 22,7 — vale, valley, lowland, opposed to הֶהָרִים Mik 1,4, amid mountains, e.g. about Jerusalem Es 22,7; Jer 31,40, so perhaps לשׁוֵה ׳ע 1 Mos 14,17 = הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳ע v1 Mos 14,17; 2 Sam 18,18, compare תֶבְרוֺן ׳ע 1 Mos 37,14 (J), בְּגִבְעוֺן ׳ע Es 28,21; Jos 8,13 (JE), הָאֵלָה ׳ע 1 Sam 17,2; 1 Sam 17,19; 1 Sam 21,10 (perhaps Wady es-Sant, in Shephelah, west of Bethlehem, GASm^{Geogr. 226}); אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית רְחוֺב ׳ע Dom 18,28 in extreme north; in Moab Jer 48,8 (|| [opposed to?] מִישׁוֺר); or wider, e.g. Dom 5,15 (scene of Sisera's defeat; read perhaps ׳ע also for עֲמָלֵק vDom 5,14 GFM), יִזְרְעֶ֑אל ׳ע Dom 6,33; Hos 1,5; Jos 17,16 (JE), compare Dom 7,1; Dom 7,8; Dom 7,12; 1 Sam 31,7 = 1 Kron 10,7, these all perhaps narrow ends of plain (compare GASm^l.c.), but see 1 Kong 20,28 (opposed to הֶהָרִים; || מִישׁוֺר v1 Kong 20,23 = open country, compare Aphek v1 Kong 20,26); of Jordan-valley Jos 13,19; Jos 13,27 (P); of maritime plain (opposed to הָהָר) Dom 1,19; Dom 1,34 fit for chariots, so also אֶרֶץ ׳הָע Jos 17,16 (P), compare Job 39,21 ׳ישֶׁבֶת הָע Jer 21,13, compare 4 Mos 14,25 (see Gie di); cultivated 1 Sam 6,13; Jer 49,4 (twice in verse); Job 39,10, fertile 1 Kron 27,29; Sl 65,14; Hoj 2,1 see also אַיָּלוֺן, בָּכָא, כְּרָכָה, II. חָרוּץ, יְהוֺשָׁפָט, סֻכּוֺת, עָכוֺר, קְצִיץ, רְפָאִים, שִׂדִּים; ׳בֵּית הָע. — For עִמְקָם Jer 47,5 read עֲנָקִם Anakim ᵐ5 Thes Hi Gf Gie Co Rothst; so also (more dubious) 1 Kron 12,16 (van d. H. v.1 Kron 12,15) Gf Gie, where otherwise ׳הָע = people of valleys.