in pieces children 2 K 2:24 ; cf. also Ho 13:8 ( fig. ); of cleaving open rocks, to bring forth water ψ 78:15 (subj God); of cutting mining-shafts Jb 28:10 בַּצּוּרֹות יְאֹרִים בּ׳ ; נְהָרֹות תְּבַקַּע־אָ˜רֶץ Hb 3:9 into rivers thou cleavest ( the ) earth; break through or down (a wall, but no obj. expr.), Ez 13:11 רוּחַ סְעָרֹות תְּבַקֵּ˜עַ (but Co תִּבָּקֵעַ ), cf. v 13 סְעָרֹות בַּחֲמָתִי וּבִקַּעְתִּי רוּחַ of hatching eggs Is 59:5 בִּקֵּ˜עוּ בֵּיצֵי צִפְעֹונִי ( fig. ) Pu. Impf. יְבֻקָּ˜עוּ Ho 14: 1; Pt. מְבֻקָּעָה Ez 26:1 0, מְבֻקָּעִים Jos 9:4 ;— be ripped open , of women Ho 14:1 ( vb. of masc. form); rent , of old wine-skins Jos 9:4 ; broken into , of a city in whose walls a breach has been made Ez 26:10 . Hiph. Impf. 1 pl. sf. וְנַבְקִעֶנָּה Is 7: 6; Inf. cstr. לְהַבְקִיעַ 2 K 3:2 6;— break into , sq. sf. ref. to Judah, Is 7:6 ונב׳ אֵלֵינוּ let us break into it , lay it open, and so bring it unto ourselves ( cf. Qal 2 Ch 32:1 ); break through ( abs. ) with sword, אֶל־מֶלֶךְ אֱדֹום שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶב לְהַבְקִיעַ 2 K 3:2 6. Hoph. Pf. 3 fs. הָבְקְעָה הָעִיר Je 39:2 the city was broken into , entrance was made by a breach. Hithp. Pf.
הִתְבַּקָּ˜עוּ
Jos 9:1
3,
Impf.
יִתְבּקָּ˜עוּ
Mi 1:
4;—
burst
(
themselves
)
open
, of wine-skins
Jos 9:13
;
cleave asunder
, of valleys
Mi 1:4
.
•
בֶּ˜קַע
S
1235
TWOT
271a
GK
1325
n.
[
m.
] fraction,
half
, i.e. half-shekel, a weight;
בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלֹו
Gn 24:2
2,
cf.
Hesychius in
Lag
Ges. Abh. 199, 1. 18
βακαίον
[
Lag
βέκαον
]
µέτρον τι
;
v.
also
בֶּקַע
Ex 38:26
(
=
מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל
).
•
בִּקְעָה
S
1236, 1237
TWOT
2637, 271b
GK
1326
n.f.
valley
(cleft),
plain
—
abs.
ב׳
Gn 11:2
+
8 times;
cstr.
בִּקְעַת
Dt 34:3
+
7 times;
pl.
בְּקָעֹות
Is 41:18
ψ 104:8
;
בְּקָעֹת
Dt 11:1
1;—
1.
valley
(
opp.
הַר
mountain)
Dt 8:7 11:11
cf.
Is 41:18
; also
63:14
כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָה תֵרֵד
in creation-poem
ψ 104:8
יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרֽדוּ בְקָעֹות
.
2.
plain
(sometimes valley-plain, broad valley)
Gn 11:2
; also
Ez 3:22
,
23
;
8:4
;
37:1
,
2
(
עַל־פְּנֵי הַבּ׳
) as level,
opp.
הָֽרְכָסִים
Is 40:4
(
||
מִישֹׁור
); elsewhere
cstr.
, mostly with
n.pr.
Dt 34:3
ב׳ יְרֵחֹו
(appos.
הַכִּכָּר
),
ב׳ מִצְפֶּה
Jos 11:
8,
ב׳ הַלְּבָנֹון
11:1
7;
12:7
,
ב׳ מִגִדֹּו
2 Ch 35:22
cf.
Zc 12:1
1,
ב׳ אֹונֹו
Ne 6:
2;
ב׳־אָוֶן
Am 1:5
plain of idolatry
=
Baalbek (Damascus, according to
Wetzst
in
De
Jes 3, 702;
Ö
πέδιον Ὤν
).
opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. Wetzst J. G. Wetzstein
Jes Jesaias.