Lexical Definition

‎בָּקַע‎ bâqaʻ (baw-kah') to break up/open ^H:V
a primitive root

make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.

• to cleave
• generally, to rend, break, rip or open

1) to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cleave, cleave open
1a2) to break through, break into
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be cleft, be rent open, be split open
1b2) to be broken into
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open
1c2) to break through, break down
1d) (Pual)
1d1) to be ripped open, be torn open
1d2) to be rent
1d3) to be broken into
1e) (Hiphil)
1e1) to break into
1e2) to break through
1f) (Hophal) to be broken into
1g) (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

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‎בָּקַע‎ verb cleave, break open or through (Late Hebrew id., MI¹⁵ ‎מבקע השחרת‎ from break of dawn; Aramaic ‎בְּקַע‎; compare Ethiopic profit, be useful, originally findere, aperire, Di) —

Qal Perfect ‎בָּקַע‎ Ps 78:13, ‎בָּֽקְעָה‎ Isa 34:15, ‎בָּקַעְתָּ‎ Neh 9:11; Ps 74:15, ‎וּבָֽקַעְתָּ֫‎ Ezek 29:7 Imperfect ‎וַיִּבְקַע‎ Judg 15:19; Isa 48:21, ‎וַיִּבְקְעוּ‎ 2Sam 23:16 = 1Chr 11:18, ‎וַיִּ בְקָעוּהָ‎ 2Chr 21:17 Imperative ‎וּבְקָעֵהוּ‎ Exod 14:16 Infinitive construct suffix ‎בִּקְעָם‎ Amos 1:13; 2Chr 32:1 Participle active ‎בּוֺקֵעַ‎ Isa 63:12; Eccl 10:9, ‎בֹּקֵעַ‎ Ps 141:7 —

1. cleave, cleave open, followed by accusative, Judg 15:19 God cleft open the hollow (‎הַמֵּכְתֵּשׁ‎), and water came out, compare Isa 48:21 (object ‎צוּר‎), also Ps 74:15 bring forth by cleaving, object ‎מַעְיָן‎ ‎יָנָחַ֑ל‎, all three of divine operation; cleave or rip open pregnant women Amos 1:13 of a broken staff, tearing the shoulder Ezek 29:7 (but read ‎כַּף‎ hand for ‎כָּתֵף‎, ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Sm (?)Co.); cleave wood Eccl 10:9 (|| ‎מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים‎); of ploughing (furrowing) the earth Ps 141:7 (|| ‎פֹּלֵחֵ‎; in simile); especially of dividing the sea, Exod 14:16 (P) Neh 9:11; Ps 78:13, compare Isa 63:12, object ‎מַיִם‎; — in all these subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ except Exod 14:16 where he commands Moses; of hatching out (a brood, but no object expressed) Isa 34:15, subject ‎קִפּוֺו‎ arrow-snake.

2. break through or into, followed by ‎בְּ‎ 2Sam 23:16 = 1Chr 11:18 followed by accusative 2Chr 21:17 ‎וַיַעֲלוּ בִיהוּדָה וֵיִבְקָעוּהָ‎; also 2Chr 32:1, object suffix reference to cities, ‎ויאמר לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו‎ and he thought to break into them and so bring them unto himself. Niph`al Perfect ‎נִבְקַע‎ Job 26:8; Zech 14:4 (‎וְ‎ consecutive); ‎נִבְקְעוּ‎ Gen 7:11; Isa 35:6, ‎נִבְקָ֑עוּ‎ 2Chr 25:11; Prov 3:20 Imperfect ‎יִבָּקַע‎ Isa 58:8, ‎יִבֵָּק֑עַ‎ Job 32:19 3 feminine singular ‎תִּבָּקַע‎ Isa 59:5, ‎וַתִּבָּקַע‎ Num 16:31 + 3 t.; Infinitive construct ‎לְהִבָּקֵעַ‎ Ezek 30:16 —

1. be cleft, rent open, subject the ground, ‎הָֽאֲדָמָה‎ Num 16:31 (J), ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ 1Kgs 1:40 (hyperb.); mountain Zech 14:4 burst open, of men hurled from rock 2Chr 25:12 of cloud beneath its weight of water Job 26:8 hyperb. of belly full of words seeking a vent, Job 32:19 like new wine-skins it will burst open; so of the water-receptacles (‎מעינות‎) of the great deep, at the flood Gen 7:11 of the water-masses themselves, ‎תהומות‎ Prov 3:20, ‎מים ונהלים‎ Isa 35:6 also of the Red Sea, ‎וַיִבָּקְעוּ המים‎ Exod 14:21 of light breaking forth Isa 58:8 (figurative); of serpent's egg hatching out as a viper Isa 59:5 ‎הַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה‎.

2. be broken into, of city captured by breaches in walls 2Kgs 25:4 = Jer 52:7; Ezek 30:16. Pi`el Perfect ‎בִּקֵּעַ‎ 2Kgs 15:16; Job 28:10, ‎וּבִקַּעְתִּ֫י‎ Ezek 13:13, ‎בִּקֵּ֑עוּ‎ Isa 59:5 Imperfect ‎יְבַקַּע‎ Ps 78:15, ‎וַיְבַקַּע‎ Gen 22:3 3 feminine singular ‎תְּבַקֵּעַ‎ Ezek 13:11, ‎תְּבַקְּעֵם‎ Hos 13:8 2 masculine singular ‎תְּבַקַּעֿ‎ Hab 3:9, ‎תְּבַקֵּ֑עַ‎ 2Kgs 8:12 2 feminine plural ‎וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה‎ 2Kgs 2:24 — cleave, cut to pieces, or rend open (often more complete or more violent than Qal), followed by accusative, of cleaving wood Gen 22:3 i.e. cut it up for burning, so 1Sam 6:14 of ripping open pregnant women 2Kgs 8:12; 2Kgs 15:16 of tearing in pieces children 2Kgs 2:24 compare also Hos 13:8 (figurative); of cleaving open rocks, to bring forth water Ps 78:15 (subject God); of cutting mining-shafts Job 28:10 ‎׳‎‎בַּצּוּרוֺת יְאֹרִים בּ‎; ‎נְהָרוֺת תְּבַקַּעאָֿ֑רֶץ‎ Hab 3:9 into rivers thou cleavest (the) earth; break through or down (a wall, but no object expressed), Ezek 13:11 ‎רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת תְּבֵַקּ֑עַ‎ (but Co ‎תִּבָּקֵעַ‎), compare vEzek 13:13 ‎וּבִקַּעְתִּי רוּחַ‎ ‎סְעָרוֺת בַחֲמָתִי‎; of hatching eggs Isa 59:5 ‎בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֺנִי‎‎בִֵּקּ֑עוּ‎ (figurative) Pu`al Imperfect ‎יְבָֻקּ֑עוּ‎ Hos 14:1* Participle ‎מְבֻקָּעָה‎ Ezek 26:10, ‎מְבֻקָּעִים‎ Josh 9:4 — be ripped open, of women Hos 14:1* (verb of masculine form); rent, of old wine-skins Josh 9:4 broken into, of a city in whose walls a breach has been made Ezek 26:10. Hiph`il Imperfect 1 plural suffix ‎וְנַבְקִעֶנָּה‎ Isa 7:6 Infinitive construct ‎לְהַבְקִיעַ‎ 2Kgs 3:26 — break into, followed by suffix reference to Judah, Isa 7:6 ‎אֵלֵינוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ונב‎ let us break into it, lay it open, and so bring it unto ourselves (compare Qal 2Chr 32:1); break through (absolute) with sword, ‎שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶבּ לְהַבְקִיעַ‎ ‎אֶלמֶֿלֶךְאֱדוֺם‎ 2Kgs 3:26. Hoph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎הָבְקְעָה הָעִיר‎ Jer 39:2 the city was broken into, entrance was made by a breach. Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְכַָּקּ֑עוּ‎ Josh 9:13, Imperfect ‎יִתְבּקָּ֑עוּ‎ Mic 1:4 — burst (themselves) open, of wine-skins Josh 9:13 cleave asunder, of valleys Mic 1:4.

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