Midvash

בָּכָאbâkâʼ

balsam-tree (2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 5:24; 1 Chronicles 14:14; 1 Chronicles 14:15; Psalms 84:7)

Pronunciation: baw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1057

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 5:23 And again David asked the Lord what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the Lord replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.
  • 2 Samuel 5:24 When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the Lord is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
  • 1 Chronicles 14:14 And once again David asked God what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” God replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.
  • 1 Chronicles 14:15 When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, go out and attack! That will be the signal that God is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).