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Hebrew
Noun
בִּקְעָה • (biqʿá) f (plural indefinite בְּקָעוֹת, singular construct בִּקְעַת־, plural construct בִּקְעוֹת־)
- a wide valley
Tanach, Deuteronomy 34:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְאֶת־הַנֶּגֶב וְאֶת־הַכִּכָּר בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֹ עִיר הַתְּמָרִים עַד־צֹעַר׃- v-et ha-négev v-et ha-kikár biqʿát y'reḥó ʿir ha-tmarím ʿad tsóʿar
- and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
Tanach, Psalms 104:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרְדוּ בְקָעוֹת אֶל־מְקוֹם זֶה יָסַדְתָּ לָהֶם׃- yaʿalú harím yerdú v'qaʿót el m'qom zeh yasádta lahém
- The mountains rose, the valleys sank down— Unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them
- the Jordan river valley (colloquially, with direct article)
2020, Hagar Shezaf, “נתניהו וגנץ מדברים על סיפוח בקעת הירדן, אבל מה זה בכלל אומר? [Netanyahu and Gantz speak of annexing the Jordan Valley, but what does that really mean?]”, in Ha'aretz:לסיפוח הבקעה, אם יתרחש, יהיו השלכות משמעותיות על הפלסטינים, המתנחלים והחוק הבינלאומי.- L'sipuaḥ ha-biqʿá, im yitraḥesh, yihyu hashlakhot mashmaʿutiyot ʿal ha-falastinim, ha-mitnaḥalim v-ha-ḥoq ha-beinl'umi.
- The annexation of the Jordan Valley, if it occurs, will have significant implications for the Palestinians, the settlers, and international law.
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