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title: עָמֵק — deep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמֵק (6012), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: deep. BDB 1906: adj. deep, unfathomable. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמֵק

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«עָמֵק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deep** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6012 · **BDB:** עָמֵק

### Glosses

deep (2); \[too\].deep (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6012/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. deep, unfathomable [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6012/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. deep, unfathomable;—pl. cstr. עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה (Ges§ 93 ii) i.e. unintelligible of speech Is 33:19; Ez 3:5, 6.—Pr 9:18 v. עֹמֶק.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָמֵק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6012/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.19/)

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אֶת־עַ֥ם נוֹעָ֖ז לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה עַ֣ם עִמְקֵ֤י שָׂפָה֙ מִשְּׁמ֔וֹעַ נִלְעַ֥ג לָשׁ֖וֹן אֵ֥ין בִּינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (et) a.people barbarous not you.will.see a.people \[too\].deep of.language for hearing stammering of.tongue there.\[is\].not understanding

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not see the fierce people; a people of a deep speech that thou canst not perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not understand.

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[Ezekiel 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.3.5/)

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כִּ֡י לֹא֩ אֶל־עַ֨ם עִמְקֵ֥י שָׂפָ֛ה וְכִבְדֵ֥י לָשׁ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה שָׁל֑וּחַ אֶל־בֵּ֖ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not to a.people deep of.language and heavy of.language you \[are.being\].sent to the.house of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* For thou art not sent to a people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, but to the house of Israel;

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