Lexical Definition

‎עֵמֶק‎ ʻêmeq (ay'-mek) Valley (of Achor) ^H:N-M
from ‎עָמַק‎

dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also ‎בֵּית הָעֵמֶק‎.

• a vale (i.e. broad depression)

1) valley, vale, lowland, open country

See Greek: γῆ · φάραγξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵ֫מֶק‎₇₀ noun masculine^{Mic 1:4} vale (properly deepening, depth, see GASm^{Geogr. 384 f. 654 f.}; compare ‎בִּקְעָה‎, ‎גַּיְא‎, ‎נַחַל‎); — ‎׳‎‎י‎ absolute Josh 8:13 +, construct Gen 14:17 +; suffix ‎עִמְקֵךְ‎ Jer 49:4, ‎עִמְקָם‎ Jer 47:5 (but see below); plural ‎עֲמָקִים‎ Mic 1:4, suffix ‎עֲמָקַיִךְ‎ Isa 22:7 — vale, valley, lowland, opposed to ‎הֶהָרִים‎ Mic 1:4, amid mountains, e.g. about Jerusalem Isa 22:7; Jer 31:40, so perhaps ‎לשׁוֵה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 14:17 = ‎הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ vGen 14:17; 2Sam 18:18, compare ‎תֶבְרוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 37:14 (J), ‎בְּגִבְעוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Isa 28:21; Josh 8:13 (JE), ‎הָאֵלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Sam 17:2; 1Sam 17:19; 1Sam 21:10* (perhaps Wady es-Sant, in Shephelah, west of Bethlehem, GASm^{Geogr. 226}); ‎אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית רְחוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 18:28 in extreme north; in Moab Jer 48:8 (|| [opposed to?] ‎מִישׁוֺר‎); or wider, e.g. Judg 5:15 (scene of Sisera's defeat; read perhaps ‎׳‎‎ע‎ also for ‎עֲמָלֵק‎ vJudg 5:14 GFM), ‎יִזְרְעֶ֑אל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 6:33; Hos 1:5; Josh 17:16 (JE), compare Judg 7:1; Judg 7:8; Judg 7:12; 1Sam 31:7 = 1Chr 10:7, these all perhaps narrow ends of plain (compare GASm^l.c.), but see 1Kgs 20:28 (opposed to ‎הֶהָרִים‎; || ‎מִישׁוֺר‎ v1Kgs 20:23 = open country, compare Aphek v1Kgs 20:26); of Jordan-valley Josh 13:19; Josh 13:27 (P); of maritime plain (opposed to ‎הָהָר‎) Judg 1:19; Judg 1:34 fit for chariots, so also ‎אֶרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ Josh 17:16 (P), compare Job 39:21 ‎׳‎‎ישֶׁבֶת הָע‎ Jer 21:13, compare Num 14:25 (see Gie di); cultivated 1Sam 6:13; Jer 49:4 (twice in verse); Job 39:10, fertile 1Chr 27:29; Ps 65:14*; Song 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) 1Chr 12:16* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:15*) Gf Gie, where otherwise ‎׳‎‎הָע‎ = people of valleys.

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