אָפִיק

[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.