Lexicon
עָמֹק
a.maq
H6009
H:V Hebrew

be deep

9
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.maq describes making something deep, whether a place, an object, or conduct and revolt portrayed as intensified.

The attested Hiphil forms most often describe making something deep or extending it into a deeper state: this is applied to a dwelling and a prepared pile, and also to concealment, corruption, slaughtering rebellion, and revolt. The single Qal occurrence occurs in a clause whose specific contribution is not represented clearly in the APB translation.

Senses in use

  1. Making or portraying something as deepened · dominant

    The Hiphil forms place depth in concrete settings: Isaiah 7:11 sets the requested sign as deep as Sheol, Isaiah 30:33 describes a pile as made deep and wide, and Jeremiah 49:8 directs Dedan's inhabitants to make their dwelling deep. The same form is used where the clause concerns deepened slaughtering rebellion and corruption in Hosea 5:2 and Hosea 9:9, hidden counsel in Isaiah 29:15, and deeply intensified revolt in Isaiah 31:6; in Isaiah 29:15 the APB renders the clause "make deep to hide counsel from the LORD."

  2. Depth in an unclear Qal clause · rare

    Psalm 92:6 has a Qal perfect plural form, but the supplied APB renders only, "A stupid man does not know, and a fool does not understand this." The translation does not make the term's particular contribution to that clause explicit.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the Hiphil forms with "deepened," "made deep," "make deep," and "deeply revolted," while it leaves the Qal form in Psalm 92:6 unrepresented explicitly. These are verse-level renderings rather than fixed definitions.

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