na.qiq denotes a rock opening or crevice used as a place of settling, hiding, or pursuit.

The term denotes openings in rocky places: places where figures settle, where an object is hidden, and from which people are hunted.

1. Openings in rocky places · dominant

   In Isaiah 7:19 the plural construct form occurs where arrivals settle among steep ravines and rock openings; in Jeremiah 16:16 the plural occurs where hunters pursue people out of rock openings. Jeremiah 13:4 uses the singular construct form for the place in a rock where the girdle is hidden.

   Isaiah 7:19Jeremiah 13:4Jeremiah 16:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the locations as "clefts of the rocks" in Isaiah 7:19 and Jeremiah 16:16, and as "the cleft of the rock" in Jeremiah 13:4. These renderings confirm the rocky setting without isolating every lexical detail.