Lexical Definition

‎בָּכָא‎ bâkâʼ (baw-kaw') balsam ^H:N-M
the same as ‎בָּכָא‎

mulberry tree.

• the weeping tree (some gum-distilling tree, perhaps the balsam)

1) balsam tree-a shrub which drips sap when it is cut
2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בָּכָא‎ noun [masculine] balsam-tree (see Arabic Dozy^{ZMG 1869, 188} but Löw^{No. 47}; according to TA like , an eruca, compare Lane under the word; perhaps compare give little milk, of camel, i.e. drop, drip); plural ‎בְּכָאִים‎ 2Sam 5:23; 2Sam 5:24 = 1Chr 14:14; 1Chr 14:15 singular in ‎עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא‎ Ps 84:7* balsam-vale, compare De Che.

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