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title: עָמֹק — deep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמֹק (6013), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: deep. BDB 1906: adj. deep =. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמֹק

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«עָמֹק» 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 6013 · **BDB:** עָמֹק²

### Glosses

deep (9); \[is\].deep (7); unfathomable.\[things\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6013/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. deep = [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6013/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. deep (cf. BaNB § 23b);— ע׳ lit. Lv 13:3 + 6 times Lv 13; f. עֲמֻקָּה of cup Ez 23:32, trench Pr 22:14; 23:27 (all 3 in sim.); ע׳ מִשְּׁאוֹל Jb 11:8 (fig.); pl. מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים (sim.) Pr 18:4; 20:5. = unsearchable עָמֹק ψ 64:7 Ec 7:24(×2); pl. עֲמֻקוֹת (Baer עֲמוּקוֹת, van d. H. עֲמֻקּוֹת) Jb 12:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 «עָמֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6013/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.14/)

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שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקָּה פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.pit deep \[the\].mouth of.strange.\[women\] \[one.who.is\].cursed of.Yahweh he.will.fall there

*JPS 1917:* The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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[Proverbs 23:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.27/)

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כִּֽי־שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּבְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].a.pit deep a.prostitute and.\[is\] a.well narrow a.foreign.\[woman\]

*JPS 1917:* For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

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