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אָפִיק

«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 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: lemma:אָפִיק · BDB: אָפִיק

Glosses

of.strong.people (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

channel tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. channel tree →

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).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 12:21

שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃

Word for word: [he.is].pouring contempt on noble.[people] and.[the] belt of.strong.people he.loosens

JPS 1917: He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.

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