Lexical Definition

‎בִּקְעָה‎ biqʻâh (bik-aw') Valley (of Jericho) ^H:N-F
from ‎בָּקַע‎

plain, valley.

• properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains

1) valley
2) plain, level valley

See Greek: λεῖος · πεδινός

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: biq.a (‎ב‎ִּ‎ק‎ְ‎ע‎ָ‎א‎ "plain" בִּקְעָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בִּקְעָה‎ noun feminine valley (cleft), plain — absolute ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Gen 11:2 + 8 t.; construct ‎בִּקְעַת‎ Deut 34:3 + 7 t.; plural ‎בְּקָעוֺת‎ Isa 41:18; Ps 104:8 ‎בְּקָעֹת‎ Deut 11:11 —

1. valley (opposed to ‎הַר‎ mountain) Deut 8:7; Deut 11:11 compare Isa 41:18 also Isa 63:14 ‎כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָח תֵרֵד‎; in creation-poem Ps 104:8 ‎יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵ˜רְדוּ בְקָעוֺת‎.

2. plain (sometimes valley-plain, broad valley) Gen 11:2 also Ezek 3:22; Ezek 3:23; Ezek 8:4; Ezek 37:1; Ezek 37:2 (‎׳‎‎עַלפְּֿבֵי הַבּ‎) as level, opposed to ‎הָֽרְכָּ סִים‎ Isa 40:4 (|| ‎מִישׁוֺר‎); elsewhere construct mostly with proper name Deut 34:3 ‎יְרֵחוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ (appositive ‎הַכִּכָּר‎), ‎מִצְפֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Josh 11:8, ‎הַלְּבָנוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Josh 11:17; Josh 12:7, ‎מִגִדּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 2Chr 35:22 compare Zech 12:11, ‎אוֺנוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Neh 6:2 ‎אָֿוֶן‎‎׳‎‎ב‎ Amos 1:5 plain of idolatry = Baalbek (Damascus, according to Wetzst in De^{Jes 3, 702}; ᵐ5 πέδιον Ὤη).

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