Lexical Definition

‎בֶּדֶק‎ bedeq (beh'-dek) breach ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּדַק‎

breach, [phrase] calker.

• a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)

1) fissure, rent, breach, leak (in a building)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּ֫דֶק‎ noun masculine^{2Kgs 12:6*} fissure, rent, breach (Aramaic ‎בִּידְקָא‎, (Nasar.)) — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ absolute 2Kgs 12:6* construct ib. + 6 t.; suffix ‎בִּדְקֵךְ‎ Ezek 27:9; Ezek 27:27 — in as building; temple ‎הַבַּיִת‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 2Kgs 12:6*; 2Kgs 12:7*; 2Kgs 12:8* (twice in verse); 2Kgs 12:9*; 2Kgs 22:5, compare 2Kgs 12:13* (‎׳‎‎בֵּית י‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎); v.2Kgs 12:6* absolute; always with ‎חִזֵּק‎ repair; compare ‎מַחֲזִיקֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ repairers of thy fissures Ezek 27:9; Ezek 27:27 (of Tyre).

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