STRONGS NUMBER H6010

H6010. emeq

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