^•בָּקַע S 1234 TWOT 271 GK 1324 vb. cleave, break open or through ⁽NH id. , MI ¹⁵ מבקע השחרת from break of dawn; Aramaic בְּקַע ; cf. Ethiopic ˜˜˜

( baqʷ˓a ) profit, be useful , orig. findere, aperire , Di ) — Qal Pf. בָּקַע ψ 78:13 , בָּֽקְעָה Is 34:1 5, בָּקַעְתָּ Ne 9 ;11 ψ 74:15 , וּבָֽקַעְתָּ˜ Ez 29: 7; Impf. וַיִּבְקַע Ju 15:19 Is 48:2 1, וַיִּבְקְעוּ 2 S 23:16 = 1 Ch 11:1 8, וַיִּבְקָעוּהָ 2 Ch 21:1 7; Imv. וּבְקָעֵהוּ Ex 14:1 6; Inf. cstr. sf. בִּקְעָם Am 1:13 2 Ch 32: 1; Pt. act. בֹּוקֵעַ Is 63:12 Ec 10: 9, בֹּקֵעַ ψ 141:7 ;— 3. cleave, cleave open , sq. acc. Ju 15:19 God cleft open the hollow ( הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ ), and water came out, cf. Is 48:21 ( obj. צוּר ), also ψ 74:15 bring forth by cleaving , obj. וָנָחַ˜ל מַעְיָן , all three of divine operation; cleave or rip open pregnant women Am 1:13 ; of a broken staff, tearing the shoulder Ez 29:7 (but read כַּף hand for כָּתֵף , Ö É Sm (?) Co ); cleave wood Ec 10:9 ( || מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים ); of ploughing (furrowing) the earth ψ 141:7 ( || פֹּלֵחַ ; in sim. ); especially of dividing the sea, Ex 14:16 ( P ) Ne 9:11 ψ 78:13 , cf. Is 63:1 2, obj. מַיִם ;—in all these subj. י׳ except Ex 14:16 where he commands Moses; of hatching out (a brood, but no obj. expr.) Is 34:15 , subj. קִפֹּוז arrow-snake . 4. break through or into , sq. בְּ 2 S 23:16 = 1 Ch 11:1 8; sq. acc. 2 Ch 21:17 וַיַּעֲלוּ בִיהוּדָה וַּיִּבְקָעוּהָ ; also 32:1 , obj. suff. ref. to cities, ויאמר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו and he thought to break into them and so bring them unto himself . Niph. Pf. נִבְקַע Jb 26:8 Zc 14:4 ( וְ consec. ); נִבְקְעוּ Gn 7:11 Is 35: 6, נִבְקָ˜עוּ 2 Ch 25:11 Pr 3:2 0; Impf. יִבָּקַע Is 58: 8, יִבָּקֵ˜עַ Jb 32:1 9; 3 fs. תִּבָּקַע Is 59: 5, וַתִּבָּקַע Nu 16:31 + 3 times; Inf. cstr. לְהִבָּקֵעַ Ez 30:1 6;— 1. be cleft, rent open , subj. the ground, הָֽאֲדָמָה Nu 16:31 ( J ), הָאָרֶץ 1 K 1:40 (hyperb.) mountain Zc 14:4 ; burst open , of men hurled from rock 2 Ch 25:12 ; of cloud beneath its weight of water Jb 26:8 ; hyperb. of belly full of words seeking a vent, Jb 32:19 like new wine-skins it will burst open; so of the water-receptacles ( מעינות ) of the great deep, at the flood Gn 7:11 , of the water-masses themselves, תהומות Pr 3:2 0, מים ונחלים Is 35: 6; also of the Red Sea, וַיִּבָּקְעוּ המים Ex 14:2 1; of light breaking forth Is 58:8 ( fig. ); of serpent’s egg hatching out as a viper Is 59:5 הַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה . 2. be broken into , of city captured by breaches in walls 2 K 25:4 = Je 52: 7, Ez 30:16 . Pi. Pf. בִּקֵּעַ 2 K 15:16 Jb 28:1 0, וּבִקַּעְתִּ˜י Ez 13:1 3, בִּקֵּ˜עוּ Is 59: 5; Impf. יְבַקַּע ψ 78:15 , וַיְבַקַּע Gn 22: 3; 3 fs. תְּבַקֵּעַ Ez 13:1 1, תְּבַקְּעֵם Ho 13: 8; 2 ms. תְּבַקַּע־ Hb 3: 9, תְּבַקֵּ˜עַ 2 K 8:1 2; 2 fpl. וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה 2 K 2:2 4;— cleave, cut to pieces , or rend open (often more complete or more violent than Qal), sq. acc ., of cleaving wood Gn 22:3 i.e. cut it up for burning, so 1 S 6:14 ; of ripping open pregnant women 2 K 8:12 ; 15:16 ; of tearing