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title: אֲפֵק — Aphek · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲפֵק (663), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Aphek. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Aphek. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲפֵק

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«אֲפֵק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Aphek** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 663 · **BDB:** אֲפֵק

### Glosses

Aphek (4); to (4); of.Aphek (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Aphek [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/663/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Aphek [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/663/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Ju 1:31) n.pr.loc. Aphek (perhaps enclosure, or fortress). city near Jezreel (Assyrian Apḳu, cf. DlPa 287) Jos 12:18 1 S 29:1 (אֲפֵ֑קָה, so) 1 K 20:26, 30 cf. 2 K 13:17. city in tribe of Asher Jos 19:30 Ju 1:31 (אֲפִיק). city NE. of Beirût, mod. Afqa Jos 13:4 אֲכֵּ֑קָה v. Di. place near Mizpah 1 S 4:1 (cf. 7:12). Jos 12:18; 1 S 4:1; 29:1 and 2 K 13:22 𝔊L; town not near Jezreel but at N. end of Philistine plain; cf. 𝔊Ll.c. WeComp 254 Dr 1 S 29:11 RSOTJC 2, 435 GASmGeogr. 400 f. BuhlGeogr. 212 (and N.) BuRS 235 f.; more doubtful are 1 K 20:26, 30; 2 K 13:17 (Kit 1 K 20:26); these, with Jos 19:30 Ju 1:31, might denote an Apheḳ near Jezreel.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲפֵק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/663/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.18/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ אֲפֵק֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ לַשָּׁר֖וֹן אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Aphek one \[the\].king of (the) Sharon one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Aphek, one; the king of the Sharon, one;

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[Joshua 19:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.30/)

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וְעֻמָ֥ה וַאֲפֵ֖ק וּרְחֹ֑ב עָרִ֛ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Umah and Aphek and Rehob cities twenty and two and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities with their villages.

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