בקע

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ)

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

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baˈka/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /baːˈqaʕ/

Verb

בָּקַע • (baqáʿ) third-singular masculine past (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 qin'ná kipóz va-t'malét u-vaqʿá v-dagrá akh sham niqb'tzú dayót ishá rʿutáh.

     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׃

     Baqáʿ yam va-yaʿavirem 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
notes		Pronounced בָּקַעְתֶּם and בָּקַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Verb

בִּקֵּעַ • (biqéaʿ) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction) (transitive)

1. defective spelling of ביקע

Etymology 3

Root
ב־ק־ע (b-q-ʿ)

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

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbeka/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛqaʕ/

Noun

בֶּקַע • (béqaʿ) m (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׃

     Béqaʿ la-gulgólet maḥatzít ha-shéqel b-shéqel ha-qódesh l-khol ha-ʿovér ʿal ha-pqudím mi-ben ʿesrím shaná va-máʿla élef u-shlóshet alafím va-ḥamésh 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