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title: אָפִיק — channel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָפִיק (650), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: channel. BDB 1906: n.m. channel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָפִיק

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«אָפִיק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **channel** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 650 · **BDB:** אָפִיק

### Glosses

ravines (6); channels (4); \[the\].channels (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

channel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/650/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. channel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/650/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 22:16 channel (as holding, confining waters; poet.)—cstr. אֲפִיק Jb 6:15; pl. אֲפִיקִים Ez 6:3; אֲפִקִים Ez 32:6; cstr. אֲפִ(י)קֵי 2 S 22:16 Jo 1:20; sf. אֲפִיקֶיךָ Ez 35:8; אֲפִיקָיו Is 8:7—channel = stream-bed, ravine, א׳ מַיִם ψ 42:2 Jo 1:20 cf. 4:18 Ct 5:12; also ψ 18:16, but better א׳ יָם as 2 S 22:16; א׳ נְחָלִים Jb 6:15; of river-bed Is 8:7; so also (without defining word) Ez 31:12; 32:6; 34:13 ψ 126:4; ‖ גַּיְא Ez 6:3; 35:8; 36:4, 6; fig. of bones of hippopotamus (as hollow) א׳ נְחֻשָׁה Jb 40:18; of furrows betw. scales of crocodile א׳ מָגִנִּים 41:7.—מְזִיחַ אֲפִיקִים Jb 12:21 is dub.; Thes MV Di al. say girdle of the strong (אָפִיק = firm, forceful, or—Di—capable, powerful); ‖ נְדִיבִים. Jb 12:21 read perhaps אַבִּירִים Du (v. also Bu).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָפִיק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/650/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.7/)

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גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר׃

*Word for word:* pride \[is\].rows of.shields \[it.is\].shut.up a.seal tight

*JPS 1917:* His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

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[Job 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.15/)

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אַ֭חַי בָּגְד֣וּ כְמוֹ־נָ֑חַל כַּאֲפִ֖יק נְחָלִ֣ים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* brothers my they.have.acted.treacherously like a.wadi like a.stream-bed of.wadis \[which\].they.pass.away

*JPS 1917:* My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,

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