[אָפִיק] noun masculine[2Sam 22:16] channel (as holding, confining waters; in poetry) — constructאֲפִיק [Job 6:15] pluralאֲפִיקִים [Ezek 6:3] +; אֲפִקִים [Ezek 32:6] construct אֲפִיקֵי [Joel 1:20] +; suffix אֲפִיקֶיךָ [Ezek 35:8] אֲפִיקָיו [Isa 8:7] — channel = stream-bed, ravine, wady מַיִם ׳א [Ps 42:2]; [Joel 1:20] compare [Joel 4:18]; [Song 5:12] also [Ps 18:16], but better יָם ׳א [2Sam 22:16] נְחָלִים ׳א [Job 6:15] of river-bed [Isa 8:7] so also (without defining word) [Ezek 31:12]; [Ezek 32:6]; [Ezek 34:13]; [Ps 126:4] || גַּיְא [Ezek 6:3]; [Ezek 35:8]; [Ezek 36:4]; [Ezek 36:6] figurative of bones of hippopotamus (as hollow) נְחֻשָׁה ׳א [Job 40:18] of furrows between scales of crocodile מָגִּנִּים ׳א [Job 41:7] — מְזִיהַ אֲפִיקִים [Job 12:21] is dubious; read perhaps אַבִּירִים Du (see also Bu). Thes MV Di and others say girdle of the strong (אָפִיק = firm forceful, or — Di — capable, powerful); || נְדָבִים.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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