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n.m. Mi 1:4 vale (proposes deepening, depth, v. GASmGeogr. 384f. 654f.; cf. בִּקְעָה, גַּיְא, נַחַל);—ע׳ abs. Jos 8:13 +, cstr. Gn 14:17 +; sf. עִמְקֵךְ Je 49:4, עִמְקָם 47:5 (but v. infr.); pl. עֲמָקִים Mi 1:4, sf. עֲמָקַיִךְ Is 22:7;—vale, valley, lowland, opp. הֶהָרִים Mi 1:4, amid mts., e.g. about Jerus. Is 22:7; Je 31:40, so perhaps ע׳ שָׁוֵה Gn 14:17 = ע׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ v 17; 2 S 18:18, cf. ע׳ חֶבְרוֹן Gn 37:14 (J), ע׳ בְּגִבְעוֹן Is 28:21; Jos 8:13 (JE), ע׳ הָאֵלָה 1 S 17:2, 19; 21:10 (perhaps Wady es-Sant, in Shephelah, W. of Bethlehem, GASmGeogr. 226); ע׳ אֲשֶׁר לְבֵית רְחוֹב Ju 18:28 in extreme north; in Moab Je 48:8 (‖ [opp.?] מִישׁוֹר); or wider, e.g. Ju 5:15 (scene of Sisera’s defeat; read perhaps ע׳ also for עֲמָלֵק v 14 GFM), ע׳ יִזְרְעֶ֑אל Ju 6:33; Ho 1:5; Jos 17:16 (JE), cf. Ju 7:1, 8, 12; 1 S 31:7 = 1 Ch 10:7, these all perhaps narrow ends of plain (cf. GASml.c.), but v. 1 K 20:28 (opp. הֶהָרִים; ‖ מִישׁוֹר v 23; = open country, cf. Aphek v 26); of Jordan-valley Jos 13:19, 27 (P); of Philistine plain (opp. הָהָר) Ju 1:19, 34; fit for chariots, so also אֶרֶץ הָע׳ Jos 17:16 (P), cf. Jb 39:21; ישֶׁבֶת הָע׳ Je 21:13, cf. Nu 14:25 (v. Gie Di); cultivated 1 S 6:13; Je 49:4(×2) Jb 39:10, fertile 1 Ch 27:29 ψ 65:14; Ct 2:1; v. also אַיָּלוֹן, בָּכָא, בְּרָכָה, ii. חָרוּץ, יְהוֹשָׁפָט, סֻכּוֹת, עָכוֹר, קְצִיץ, רְפָאִים, שִׂדִּים; בֵּית הָע׳ v. p. 112a.—For עִמְקָם Je 47:5 read עֲנָקִם Anakim 𝔊 Thes Hi Gf Gie Co Rothst; so also (more dub.) 1 Ch 12:16 (van d. H. v 15) Gf Gie, where otherwise הָע׳ = people of valleys.