Lexical Definition

‎בָּקַק‎ bâqaq (baw-kah') be luxuriant ^H:V
a primitive root

(make) empty (out), fail, [idiom] utterly, make void.

• to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate
• by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)

1) to empty
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to empty, lay waste
1a2) to make void (fig.)
1b) (Niphal) to be emptied
1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate

See Greek: ἐκτινάσσω · καταφθείρω · λυμαίνομαι · ταράσσω · φθείρω · φθορά

Extended Information

• to be luxuriant

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎בָּקַק‎] verb be luxuriant (Arabic be profuse, abundant (see especially Conjugations I. IV, Lane)) —

Qal Participle ‎בֹּקֵק‎ luxuriant Hos 10:1 (figurative of Israel as vine).

II. [‎בָּקַק‎] verb empty (compare probably Arabic make a gurgling noise, of a mug dipped in water, or emptied of water) —

Qal Perfect ‎וּבַקֹּתִ֫י‎ Jer 19:7, ‎בָּֽקֲקוּ‎ Nah 2:3* Participle ‎בּוֺקֵק‎ Isa 24:1, ‎בִּקֲקִים‎ Nah 2:3* empty, lay waste land, accusative, Isa 24:1; Nah 2:3*, also absolute v.Nah 2:3* figurative make void (object ‎עֵצָה‎) Jer 19:7. Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנָָֽבְקָה‎ (compare Ges^{«GKC:67»§ 67}, R. 11) Isa 19:3 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּבּוֺק‎ Isa 24:3 Infinitive absolute ‎הִבּוֺק‎ Isa 24:3 — be emptied (laid waste) Isa 24:3 ‎הִבּוֺק תִבּוֺק‎, of land (|| ‎הִבּוֺז‎ ‎תִּבּוֺז‎); figurative of spirit, courage Isa 19:3. Po. Imperfect ‎יְבֹקֲקוּ‎ Jer 51:2 empty out (devastate) land.

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