בִּקְעָה
Used: 19 times · Key: 1237 · BDB: בִּקְעָה
Glosses
the.valley (6); plain (4); the.plain (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
valley tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. valley plain tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. valley (cleft), plain—abs. ב׳ Gn 11:2 + 8 times; cstr. בִּקְעַת Dt 34:3 + 7 times; pl. בְּקָעוֹת Is 41:18 ψ 104:8; בְּקָעֹת Dt 11:11;— valley (opp. הַר mountain) Dt 8:7 11:11 cf. Is 41:18; also 63:14 כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָה תֵרֵד in creation-poem ψ 104:8 יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרֽדוּ בְקָעוֹת. plain (sometimes valley-plain, broad valley) Gn 11:2; also Ez 3:22, 23; 8:4; 37:1, 2 (עַל־פְּנֵי הַבּ׳) as level, opp. הָֽרְכָסִים Is 40:4 (‖ מִישׁוֹר); elsewhere cstr., mostly with n.pr. Dt 34:3 ב׳ יְרֵחוֹ (appos. הַכִּכָּר), ב׳ מִצְפֶּה Jos 11:8, ב׳ הַלְּבָנוֹן 11:17; 12:7, ב׳ מִגִדּוֹ 2 Ch 35:22 cf. Zc 12:11, ב׳ אוֹנוֹ Ne 6:2; ב׳־אָוֶן Am 1:5 plain of idolatry = Baalbek (Damascus, according to Wetzst in DeJes 3, 702; 𝔊 πέδιον Ὤν).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «בִּקְעָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
יַעֲל֣וּ הָ֭רִים יֵרְד֣וּ בְקָע֑וֹת אֶל־מְ֝ק֗וֹם זֶ֤ה ׀ יָסַ֬דְתָּ לָהֶֽם׃
Word for word: they.went.up mountains they.went.down valleys to the.place (of).which you.had.established for them
JPS 1917: The mountains rose, the valleys sank down — unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them;
וְהִ֨נֵּה־שָׁ֔ם כְּב֖וֹד אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּמַּרְאֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי בַּבִּקְעָֽה׃
Word for word: and there! [was].there the.glory of.the.God of.Israel like the appearance which I.had.seen on the plain
JPS 1917: And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
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