בָּקַעbâqaʻ

Meanings

Same root

• בְּקִיעַbᵉqîyaʻ · H1233a fissure
• בֶּקַעbeqaʻ · H1235a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)
• בִּקְעָהbiqʻâh · H1237properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains

Where it appears

Appears 51 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 7:11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
• Genesis 22:3 The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
• Exodus 14:16 Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground.
• Exodus 14:21 Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.
• Numbers 16:31 He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.
• Joshua 9:4 they resorted to deception to save themselves. They sent ambassadors to Joshua, loading their donkeys with weathered saddlebags and old, patched wineskins.