H1057

בָּכָא

ba.kahH:N-M

balsam

1) balsam tree-a shrub which drips sap when it is cut 2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בָּכָא noun [masculine] balsam-tree (see Arabic DozyZMG 1869, 188 but LöwNo. 47; according to TA like , an eruca, compare Lane under the word; perhaps compare give little milk, of camel, i.e. drop, drip); plural בְּכָאִים 2Sam 5:23; 2Sam 5:24 = 1Chr 14:14; 1Chr 14:15 singular in עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא Ps 84:7 balsam-vale, compare De Che.


2 occurrences

II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1)