• [ אָפִיק S 650 TWOT 149a GK 692, 693 ] n.m. 2 S 22:16 channel ( as holding, confining waters; poet. ) — cstr. אֲפִיק Jb 6:1 5; pl. אֲפִיקִים Ez 6: 3; אֲפִקִים
Ez 32:6 ; cstr. אֲףִ(י)קֵי 2 S 22:16 Jo 1:2 0; 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 5:1
2; also
ψ 18:16
, but better
א׳ יָם
as
2 S 22:16
;
א׳ נְחָלִים
Jb 6:1
5; 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
).
•
אֲפֵק
S
663
GK
707
,
אֲפִיק
(
Ju 1:31
)
n.pr.loc.
Aphek
(
perhaps enclosure
, or
fortress
)
.
1.
city near Jezreel (Assyrian
Apḳu
,
cf.
Dl
Pa 287)
Jos 12:18 1 S 29:1
(
אֲפֵקָה
, so)
1 K 20:26
,
30
cf.
2 K 13:1
7.
2.
city in tribe of Asher
Jos 19:30 Ju 1:31
(
אֲפִיק
).
3.
city NE. of Beirût, mod. Afqa
Jos 13:4
אֲכֵּקָה
v. D
i.
4.
place near Mizpah
1 S 4:1
(
cf.
7:1
2).
Jos 12:18
;
1 S 4:1
;
29:1
and
2 K 13:22
Ö
L
; town not near Jezreel but at N. end of Philistine plain;
cf.
Ö
L
l.c. We
Comp 254 Dr
1 S 29:11
RS
OTJC 2, 435 GASm
Geogr. 400 f. Buhl
Geogr. 212 (and N.)
Bu
RS 235 f.; more doubtful are
1 K 20:26
,
30
;
2 K 13:17
(Kit
1 K 20
,
26
); these, with
Jos 19:30 Ju 1:3
1, might denote an
Apheḳ
near Jezreel.
• אֲפֵקָה S 664 GK 708 n.pr.loc. ( meaning perhaps id. ) one of a group of cities including Hebron Jos 15:53 .
אפר TWOT 150, 151 ( cf. perhaps أَفَرَ (˒afara) leap, أَفِرَ (˒afira) be agile; v.
אבק ) .•
אֵ˜פֶר
S
665
TWOT
150a
GK
709
n.
[
m.
]
ashes
(
as light, flying
?
)
—א׳
abs.
Gn 18:27
+;
cstr.
Nu 19:
9,
10
—
ashes
of red heifer, used in purifications
Nu 19:9
,
10
; on head, as sign of humiliation
2 S 13:19
; contrition
Dn 9:3
(
||
צֹום
,
שַׂק
),
Jon
We J. Wellhousen, Composition des Hexateuches ; RS W. Robertson Smith, Old Testament in Jewish Church. GASm George Adam Smith, Historical Geography of the Holy Land. Buhl circa., geschichte der Edomiter .
I.