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Hebrew
Etymology 1
From the root ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ, “break”), in the pa`ál conjugation.
Pronunciation
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Verb
בָּקַע • (baqáʿ) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְקָע)
- (transitive, intransitive) to hatch, to crack, to rip, to cleave, to divide
Tanach, Isaiah 34:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:שָׁמָּה קִנְּנָה קִפּוֹז וַתְּמַלֵּט וּבָקְעָה וְדָגְרָה בְצִלָּהּ אַךְ־שָׁם נִקְבְּצוּ דַיּוֹת אִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ׃- Sháma qin'ná kipóz va-t'malét u-vaqʿá v-dagrá akh sham niqb'tzú dayót ishá rʿutáh.
- There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; Yea, there shall the kites be gathered, Every one with her mate.
Tanach, Psalms 78:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:בָּקַע יָם וַיַּעֲבִירֵם וַיַּצֶּב־מַיִם כְּמוֹ־נֵד׃- Baqáʿ yam va-yaʿavirem va-yátsev máyim kmo ned.
- He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters to stand as a heap.
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Verb
בִּקֵּעַ • (biqéaʿ) (pi'el construction) (transitive)
- defective spelling of ביקע
Etymology 3
From the root ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ, “break”), in the segolate form.
Pronunciation
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Noun
בֶּקַע • (béqaʿ) m (singular construct בְּקַע־)
- (historical) beka, a half-shekel
Tanach, Exodus 38:26:בֶּקַע לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְכֹל הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים׃- Béqaʿ la-gulgólet maḥatzít ha-shéqel b-shéqel ha-qódesh l-khol ha-ʿovér ʿal ha-pqudím mi-ben ʿesrím shaná va-máʿla élef u-shlóshet alafím va-ḥamésh meót.
- A beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Descendants