Original Language Studio
Genesis 14:10
“And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֵמֶקʻêmeq · ay'-mek
H6010 · Hebrew
H6010 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a vale (i.e. broad depression)
- Derivation
- from H6009 (עָמַק);
- KJV renderings
- dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025 (בֵּית הָעֵמֶק).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- עֵ֣מֶק — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 69 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:3Genesis 14:8Genesis 14:17Genesis 14:17Genesis 37:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵמֶק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.