Jastrow: עֵמֶק

עֵמֶק m. (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׳ ועִמְקוֹ וכ׳ 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).