עמק

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עוֹמֶק, עֹמֶקm. (b. h.; עָמַק) depth, profoundness. Pes.54b (among the things hidden to man) ע׳ הדין the profundity of divine judgment; (oth. opin.: the intricacy of human law); Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s. 5. Meg.3b top (ref. to Josh. 8:9, a. 13, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) שהלך ולן בעוֹמְקָהּוכ׳ Tosaf. (ed. שלן only) he went and spent the night in the depth (of study) of the Law; Erub.63b שהלך בעומקהוכ׳ he entered into the depth ; a. fr.Meg.6a הרוגי ע׳ those who died in the valley (Babylonia), v. רַקַּת.Pl. עוֹמָקִין. Gen. R. s. 41 beg. Ar.; Yalk. Ps. 845, v. סִיקוֹסִים II.

עָמַק(b. h.) to be depressed, deep. Hif. הֶעֱמִיק 1) to deepen. Ex. R. s. 1 הֶעֱמִיקוּ עצהוכ׳ they laid deep plans that the Lord etc. 2) to grow deeper. Yalk. Is. 302 (play on תפתה, Is. 30:33) אף היא מתפתה … ומרחבת ומַעֲמֶקֶת it (Gehenna) likewise extends every day and becomes wider and deeper.(Cant. R. to IV, 4 והיה מעמקו some ed., v. עָקַם.

עֲמַקch. sam( Hif. הֶעֱמִיק to deepen). Af. אַעֲמִיק to grow deeper. Targ. Is 30:33 לאַעֲמָקָא ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. לַעֲמִיקָא = לְאַעֲ׳; oth. ed. לעַמָּקָא, Pa.), v. preced.Targ. Prov. 28:6 דמעמיק מן Var. ed. Lag., v. עֲקם.

עֹמֶקv. עוֹמֶק.

עֵמֶקm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) valley. Shebi. IX, 2 גליל העליון … והע׳ Upper Galilee, Lower Galilee, and the (Galilean) valley; תחום טבריא הע׳ the district of Tiberias is the valley (of Galilee). Tosef. ib. VII, 10 ההר והע׳ והשפלה the mountain land, the valley, and the lowland. Ib. אוכלין מבהר על שבע׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you may eat the mountain fruits as long as the same kind is still to be had in the valleys. Ib. הר והורו ע׳ ועִמְקוֹוכ׳ mountain land and an elevation on it, a valley and a depression in it, lowland and a lower plain in it (are respectively subject to the same laws); Y. ib. X, 38d bot. (corr. acc.). Ib. מלוד עד הים ע׳ from Lydda to the sea is the valley (of Judæa), v. שְׁפֵלָה; a. fr.Pl. עֲמָקִים. Ib. סימן לע׳ תמרים the presence of palms indicates valleys; Tosef. l. c. סימן לע׳ דקלים. 2) pr. n. pl. ʿEmeḳ, in the district of Tyre. Tosef.Shebi.IV, 9 (Y.Dem.II, 22d top אמון).

סָכַךְI (b. h.) to interlace, entangle; to be entangled, ramified.Denom. סֻכָּה. Hif. הֵיסֵךְ 1) to weave. Sabb.VII, 2 והמֵיסֵךְ and the work of the weaver. Y. ib. VII, 10c top משום מֵיסֵיךְ his act coming under the category of weaving; משום מֵיסֶכֶת her act coming Tosef. ib. VIII (IX), 2 המוסיך שלשהוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.) he who weaves three threads (on the Sabbath); a. fr. 2) (denom. of סֻכָּה) to hang over, shade. Ohol. VIII, 2; M. Kat. 5b אילן המיסך על הארץ a tree (with a seat of uncleanness on one of its boughs) throwing a shadow (forming a tent, cmp. אֹהֶל) over the ground; a. e.; v. סְכָכָה. 3) ה׳ רגליו to cross ones feet, euphem. for: to ease ones, self. Yoma III, 2. Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot.; a. e. Pi. סִכֵּךְ, סִיכֵּךְ 1) to cover with boughs, esp. to cover the festive booth ( Succah). Ber.62b (ref. to להסך את רגליו, 1 Sam. 24:4, v. supra) מלמד שס׳ עצמו כסוכה this intimates that he shaded himself (retired in a chaste manner) as in a booth. Succ.I, 4 הדלה … וס׳ על גבה if he trained a vine over the booth and put twigs over it. Ib. אין מְסַכְּכִים בו you must not use it for covering. Ib. 14b סִיכַּכְנוּ עלוכ׳ we covered a stable with them. Lam. R. to I, 17 (ref. to בסך, Ps. 42:5) לשעבר … ואילנות מְסַכְּכוֹתוכ׳; formerly I went up (to Jerusalem) with trees forming shades over my head; a. fr.Part. pass. מְסוּכָּךְ; f. מְסוּכֶּכֶת. Succ.8b ובלבד שתהא מס׳וכ׳ provided the Succah is covered according to law. Gen. R. s. 42 (ref. to עמק סכות, Ps. 60:8) עמק שהוא מס׳וכ׳ the valley which is shaded with trees. B. Bath.25b Ms. M., v. אַכְסַדְרָא. 2) to weave; to intertwine plants; to train a creeper over another plant. Men.97a (expl. יֻסַּךְ, Ex. 25:29) the tubes שמְסַכְּכִין בהןוכ׳ with which they interweave the show bread (which they lay crosswise between the loaves, to allow the air to pass through). Tosef.Kil.I, 6, v. סִיכּוּךְ. Y. ib. II, end, 28b (not; מסבכין). Lev. R. s. 14, end (ref. to Job 10:11 תשככני) סִכַּכְתַּנִי אינו אומר אלא תְּסוֹכְכֵנִי it does not say, Thou hast woven me, but, Thou shalt weave me (in the future world). 3) to form shade, to creep, intergrow. Y. Kil. l. c. דלעת מצרית שהיא מְסַכֶּכֶת the Egyptian gourd which creeps. Ib. שאין כולן מְסַכְּכִיןוכ׳ not all of them creep like the Egyptian gourd.