עוֹמֶק

עוֹמֶק, עֹמֶקm. (b. h.; עָמַק) depth, profoundness. Pes.54b (among the things hidden to man) ע׳ הדין the profundity of divine judgment; (oth. opin.: the intricacy of human law); Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s. 5. Meg.3b top (ref. to Josh. 8:9, a. 13, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) שהלך ולן בעוֹמְקָהּוכ׳ Tosaf. (ed. שלן only) he went and spent the night in the depth (of study) of the Law; Erub.63b שהלך בעומקהוכ׳ he entered into the depth ; a. fr.Meg.6a הרוגי ע׳ those who died in the valley (Babylonia), v. רַקַּת.Pl. עוֹמָקִין. Gen. R. s. 41 beg. Ar.; Yalk. Ps. 845, v. סִיקוֹסִים II.