פֶּקַעpeqaʻ

Same root

• פַּקֻּעָהpaqquʻâh · H6498the wild cucumber (from splitting open to shed its seeds)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

• 1 Kings 6:18 Cedar paneling completely covered the stone walls throughout the Temple, and the paneling was decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers.
• 1 Kings 7:24 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.