בדק ( penetrate, split ? cf. Aramaic בְּדַק ^, ܒܕܰܩ ^{(bdaq) explore;} but these perhaps denom. cf. Lag GN 1882, 400 ) .

בֶּ˜דֶק S 919 TWOT 204a GK 981 n.m. 2 K 12:6 fissure, rent, breach ( ^Aramaic בִּידְקָא , ܒܶܕܩܳܐ ( bedqo ) ( Nasar ) ) — בּ׳ abs. 2 K 12: 6; cstr. ib. + 6 times; sf. בִּדְקֵךְ Ez 27: 9, 27 ;—in as building; temple ב׳ הַבַּיִת 2 K 12: 6, 7 , 8 ^(×2), 9 ; 22:5 , cf. 12:13 ( ב׳ בֵּית י׳ ); v 6 abs .; law. c. חִזֵּק repair; cf. ב׳ מַחֲזִיקֵי repairers of thy fissures Ez 27: 9, 27 (of Tyre).

• [ בָּדַק S 918 TWOT 204 GK 980 ] vb. denom. mend, repair , only Qal Inf. cstr. לִבְדֹוק וּלְחַזֵּק הַבָּ˜יִת 2 Ch 34:1 0.

• בִּדְקַר S 920 GK 982 n.pr.m. Isr. officer 2 K 9:25 ( ^v. בֵּן ) ^.

בהה TWOT 205 ( ^{cf. Arabic} بَﻩِىَ ^(bahiya) be empty; on a possible connexion in Assyrian cf. Hpt ^{BAS i. 18}) .

• בֹּ˜הוּ S 922 TWOT 205a GK 983 n. [ m. ] emptiness ( ^{on form v.} Ges § 84 a, 1 b Sta § 95, 198 a , on usage cf. Lag ^Or ii. 60 f. ) always c. תֹּהוּ q.v .;— תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ Gn 1:2 of primæval earth; Je 4:23 of earth under judgment of י׳ ; וְאַבְנֵי בֹהוּ קַו־תֹֿהוּ Is 34:1 1, the line of wasteness and the stones of emptiness , i.e. plummets, employed, not as usual for building, but for destroying walls; cf. Di v. sub אבן 6 .

• בַּ˜הַט S 923 TWOT 206 GK 985 n. [ m. ] a costly stone, perhaps porphyry ( ^cf. Egyptian behiti, behet, behat Brugsch ^{Dict. v. 438} Dümichen Gesch. 167 f. Wendel Altäg. Bau-

u. Edelsteine (1888) 77 f. ; Ö has σµαραγδίτης ) , Est 1:6 רִֽצֲפַת ב׳־וָשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָ˜רֶת עַל upon a pavement of porphyry and marble , etc.

Nasar Lexid. cod. Nasaraei, ed. M. Norberg. Hpt Sacred Books of the O.T., ed. Hpt (Polychrome Bible). Sta B Stade, Heb. Gram.

Gesch. Geschichte.