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title: מַעֲמַקִּים — depths · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲמַקִּים (4615), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: depths. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. depths. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲמַקִּים

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«מַעֲמַקִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **depths** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 4615 · **BDB:** מַעֲמַקִּים²

### Glosses

depths (4); \[the\].depths (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

depths [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4615/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. depths [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4615/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. depths;—abs. מ׳ ψ 130:1 (fig.); cstr. lit. מַעֲמַקֵּי־יָם Is 51:10; fig. מ׳ מַיִם Ez 27:34 (fall of Tyre), ψ 69:3, 15 (distress).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲמַקִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4615/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 130:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.1/)

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שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹתמִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.song of the.ascents from.\[the\] depths I call.out.to.you O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.

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[Psalms 69:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.3/)

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טָבַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בִּיוֵ֣ן מְ֭צוּלָה וְאֵ֣ין מָעֳמָ֑ד בָּ֥אתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי־מַ֝֗יִם וְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶת שְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sunk in mire of.depth and there.\[is\].not a.foothold I.have.come in depths of.water and a.flood it has.overflowed.me

*JPS 1917:* I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

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