ביקע

From the root ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ, “break”), in the ‘’piʿel’’ conjugation.

ביקע / בִּקֵּעַ • (biqéa) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart בוקע / בֻּקַּע)

1. (transitive) to split, to cleave, to cut
   • Tanach, Job 28:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     בַּצּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכָל־יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינוֹ׃

     Ba=tsurót y'orím biqqéaʿ, v-khol y'qár ra'atá ʿeino.

     He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.

   • Tanach, 2 Kings 15:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אָז יַכֶּה־מְנַחֵם אֶת־תִּפְסַח וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ וְאֶת־גְּבוּלֶיהָ מִתִּרְצָה כִּי לֹא פָתַח וַיַּךְ אֵת כָּל־הֶהָרוֹתֶיהָ בִּקֵּעַ׃

     Az yaké M'naḥém et Tifsáḥ v-et kol ashér bah v-et g'vuléha mi-Tirtsá ki lo patáḥ va-yakh et kol ha-herotéha biqqéaʿ.

     Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah; because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.