H1237K

בִּקְעָה

biq.ahH:N-F

valley

1) valley 2) plain, level valley Aramaic equivalent: biq.a (בִּקְעָא "plain" H1236)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בִּקְעָה noun feminine valley (cleft), plain — absolute ׳ב Gen 11:2 + 8 t.; construct בִּקְעַת Deut 34:3 + 7 t.; plural בְּקָעוֺת Isa 41:18; Ps 104:8 בְּקָעֹת Deut 11:11 —

1. valley (opposed to הַר mountain) Deut 8:7; Deut 11:11 compare Isa 41:18 also Isa 63:14 כַּבְּהֵמָה בַּבִּקְעָח תֵרֵד; in creation-poem Ps 104:8 יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרְדוּ בְקָעוֺת.

2. plain (sometimes valley-plain, broad valley) Gen 11:2 also Ezek 3:22; Ezek 3:23; Ezek 8:4; Ezek 37:1; Ezek 37:2 (׳עַלפְּֿבֵי הַבּ) as level, opposed to הָֽרְכָּ סִים Isa 40:4 (|| מִישׁוֺר); elsewhere construct mostly with proper name Deut 34:3 יְרֵחוֺ ׳ב (appositive הַכִּכָּר), מִצְפֶה ׳ב Josh 11:8, הַלְּבָנוֺן ׳ב Josh 11:17; Josh 12:7, מִגִדּוֺ ׳ב 2Chr 35:22 compare Zech 12:11, אוֺנוֺ ׳ב Neh 6:2 אָֿוֶן׳ב Amos 1:5 plain of idolatry = Baalbek (Damascus, according to Wetzst in De^{Jes 3, 702}; ᵐ5 πέδιον Ὤη).

[בְּקְעָא] noun feminine plain (ᵑ7; Biblical Hebrew בְּקְעָה, √ בקע; compare Syriac , √ ); — construct בְבִקְעַת דּוּרָא Dan 3:1.

13 occurrences

Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (2), II Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (4), Zechariah (1)