עמק

Aramaic

Verb

עמק • (transliteration needed)

1. to be deep

Noun

עמק • (transliteration needed)

1. indefinite of עִמְקָא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־מ־ק (ʿ-m-q)
4 terms

Compare with Arabic عَمْق (ʕamq, “depth, bottom, hollowness”).

עמק בדרום ספרד

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕemæq/, [ˈʕemæq]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʕemɛq/, [ˈʕeːmɛq]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʕ)emek/

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Noun

עֵמֶק • (émek) m (plural indefinite עֲמָקִים, singular construct עֵמֶק־, plural construct עִמְקֵי־ or עַמְקֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. valley

Declension

Declension of עֵמֶק

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	עֵמֶק	first	עֵמֶקִי		עֵמֶקֵנוּ
	definite	הָעֵמֶק	second	עֵמֶקְךָ	עֵמֶקֵךְ	עֵמֶקְכֶם	עֵמֶקְכֶן
	construct	עֵמֶק־	third	עֵמֶקוֹ	עֵמֶקָהּ	עֵמֶקָם	עֵמֶקָן
plural	indefinite	עֲמָקִים	first	עמקיי / עֲמָקַי		עֲמָקֵינוּ
	definite	הָעֲמָקִים	second	עֲמָקֶיךָ	עמקייך / עֲמָקַיִךְ	עִמְקֵיכֶם	עִמְקֵיכֶן
	construct	עִמְקֵי־	third	עֲמָקָיו	עֲמָקֶיהָ	עִמְקֵיהֶם	עִמְקֵיהֶן

References

• H6010 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “עֵמֶק”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 476a
• “עמק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Verb

עָמַק • (amák) (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive, literary) to be deep

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָמַק (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לעמוק / לַעֲמֹק
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	עָמַקְתִּי		עָמַקְנוּ
	second	עָמַקְתָּ	עָמַקְתְּ	עֲמַקְתֶּם1	עֲמַקְתֶּן1
	third	עָמַק	עָמְקָה	עָמְקוּ
present		—	—	—	—
future	first	אֶעֱמַק		נֶעֱמַק
	second	תֶּעֱמַק	תֶּעֶמְקִי	תֶּעֶמְקוּ	תֶּעֱמַקְנָה2
	third	יֶעֱמַק	תֶּעֱמַק	יֶעֶמְקוּ	תֶּעֱמַקְנָה2
imperative		עֲמַק	עִמְקִי	עִמְקוּ	עֲמַקְנָה2

¹ Pronounced עָמַקְתֶּם and עָמַקְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

עֹמֶק • (‘omek) m

1. defective spelling of עומק

Adjective

עָמֹק • (amók)

1. defective spelling of עמוק