אָפִיק

[אָפִיק] noun masculine^{2 Sam 22,16} channel (as holding, confining waters; in poetry) — constructאֲפִיק Job 6,15 pluralאֲפִיקִים Ezk 6,3 +; אֲפִקִים Ezk 32,6 construct אֲפִיקֵי Joel 1,20 +; suffix אֲפִיקֶיךָ Ezk 35,8 אֲפִיקָיו Es 8,7 — channel = stream-bed, ravine, wady מַיִם ׳א Sl 42,2; Joel 1,20 compare Joel 4,18; Hoj 5,12 also Sl 18,16, but better יָם ׳א 2 Sam 22,16 נְחָלִים ׳א Job 6,15 of river-bed Es 8,7 so also (without defining word) Ezk 31,12; Ezk 32,6; Ezk 34,13; Sl 126,4 || גַּיְא Ezk 6,3; Ezk 35,8; Ezk 36,4; Ezk 36,6 figurative of bones of hippopotamus (as hollow) נְחֻשָׁה ׳א Job 40,18 of furrows between scales of crocodile מָגִּנִּים ׳א Job 41,7 — מְזִיהַ אֲפִיקִים Job 12,21 is dubious; read perhaps אַבִּירִים Du (see also Bu). Thes MV Di and others say girdle of the strong (אָפִיק = firm forceful, or — Di — capable, powerful); || נְדָבִים.