עֵמֶקʻêmeq

vale, valley, lowland, = open country (Micah 1:4; Joshua 8:13; Genesis 14:17; Jeremiah 49:4; Jeremiah 47:5)

Pronunciation: ay'-mek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6010

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 69 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 14:3 This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea).
  • Genesis 14:8 Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.
  • Genesis 14:10 As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
  • Genesis 14:17 After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
  • Genesis 37:14 “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along,” Jacob said. “Then come back and bring me a report.” So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.
  • Numbers 14:25 Now turn around, and don’t go on toward the land where the Amalekites and Canaanites live. Tomorrow you must set out for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).