אָפִיק, to break through, go forth; b) to be a free man, ruler)
אָפִיק, spring, rivulet(ch. .—Pl. אֲפִיקִים. Ab. Zar. 54ᵇ bot.
אָפִיק, ruler. Pl. as above. Cant. R. to V, 12 (allud. to ăfiké mayim, Cant. ib.) שהם א׳ על וכ׳ they (the scholars) are appointed officers over the waters of the Law.