[אָפִיק] noun masculine^{2Samuel 22:16} channel (as holding, confining waters; in poetry) — constructאֲפִיק Job 6:15; pluralאֲפִיקִים Ezekiel 6:3 +; אֲפִקִים Ezekiel 32:6; construct אֲפִיקֵי Joel 1:20 +; suffix אֲפִיקֶיךָ Ezekiel 35:8; אֲפִיקָיו Isaiah 8:7 — channel = stream-bed, ravine, wady מַיִם ׳א Psalm 42:2; Joel 1:20; compare Joel 4:18; Songs 5:12; also Psalm 18:16, but better יָם ׳א 2 Samuel 22:16; נְחָלִים ׳א Job 6:15; of river-bed Isaiah 8:7; so also (without defining word) Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:6; Ezekiel 34:13; Psalm 126:4; "" גַּיְא Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 35:8; Ezekiel 36:4,6; 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.