בקע

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ)
4 terms

From the root ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ, break), in the pa`ál conjugation.

Pronunciation

Verb

בָּקַע • (baká) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִבְקָע)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hatch, to crack, to rip, to cleave, to divide
    • Tanach, Isaiah 34:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      שָׁמָּה קִנְּנָה קִפּוֹז וַתְּמַלֵּט וּבָקְעָה וְדָגְרָה בְצִלָּהּ אַךְ־שָׁם נִקְבְּצוּ דַיּוֹת אִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ׃
      sháma kin'ná kipóz va-t'malét u-vak'á v'dagrá akh sham nikb'tsú dayót ishá r'utáh.
      There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; Yea, there shall the kites be gathered, Every one with her mate.
    • Tanach, Psalms 78:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      בָּקַע יָם וַיַּעֲבִירֵם וַיַּצֶּב־מַיִם כְּמוֹ־נֵד׃
      baká yam va-ya'avirem va-yátsev máyim kmo ned.
      He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters to stand as a heap.
Conjugation
Conjugation of בָּקַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לבקוע / לִבְקֹעַ
action noun בְּקִיעָה
passive participle בָּקוּעַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first בָּקַעְתִּי בָּקַעְנוּ
second בָּקַעְתָּ בָּקַעְתְּ בְּקַעְתֶּם1 בְּקַעְתֶּן1
third בָּקַע בָּקְעָה בָּקְעוּ
present בּוֹקֵעַ בּוֹקַעַת בּוֹקְעִים בּוֹקְעוֹת
future first אֶבְקַע נִבְקַע
second תִּבְקַע תִּבְקְעִי תִּבְקְעוּ תִּבְקַעְנָה2
third יִבְקַע תִּבְקַע יִבְקְעוּ תִּבְקַעְנָה2
imperative בְּקַע בִּקְעִי בִּקְעוּ בְּקַעְנָה2

1 Pronounced בָּקַעְתֶּם and בָּקַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Verb

בִּקֵּעַ • (bikéa) (pi'el construction) (transitive)

  1. defective spelling of ביקע

Etymology 3

Root
ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ)
4 terms

From the root ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ, break), in the segolate form.

Pronunciation

Noun

בֶּקַע • (békam (singular construct בְּקַע־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. (historical) beka, a half-shekel
    • Tanach, Exodus 38:26:
      בֶּקַע לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ לְכֹל הָעֹבֵר עַל־הַפְּקֻדִים מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים׃
      béka la-gulgólet makhatsít ha-shékel b'shékel ha-kódesh l'khol ha'ovér al hap'kudím mi-ben esrím shaná va-má'la élef u-shlóshet alafím va-khamésh meót.
      A beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Descendants
  • English: beka