עָמַק ʻâmaq — to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as (be, have, make, seek) deep, depth, be profound.
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively).
ʻâmaq in each stem
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 4Imperative 2Infinitive absolute 1Participle (active) 1
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›