BDB1280
בָּקַע verb cleave, break open or through (Late Hebrew id., MI15 מבקע השחרת from break of dawn; Aramaic בְּקַע; compare Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 677] profit, be useful, originally findere, aperire, Di) —
Qal
Perfect
בָּקַע
Ps 78:13,
בָּֽקְעָה
Isa 34:15,
בָּקַעְתָּ
Neh 9:11; Ps 74:15,
וּבָֽקַעְתָּ֫
Ezek 29:7
Imperfect
וַיִּבְקַע
Judg 15:19;
Isa 48:21,
וַיִּבְקְעוּ
2Sam 23:16 =
1Chr 11:18,
וַיִּ בְקָעוּהָ
2Chr 21:17
Imperative
וּבְקָעֵהוּ
Exod 14:16
Infinitive construct suffix בִּקְעָם
Amos 1:13; 2Chr 32:1
Participle
active
בּוֺקֵעַ
Isa 63:12;
Eccl 10:9,
בֹּקֵעַ
Ps 141:7 —
1.
cleave, cleave open, followed by accusative, Judg 15:19
God cleft open the hollow (הַמֵּכְתֵּשׁ), and water came out, compare
Isa 48:21
(object צוּר), also Ps 74:15
bring forth by cleaving, object מַעְיָן
יָנָחַ֑ל, all three of divine operation; cleave or rip open
pregnant women Amos 1:13 of a broken staff, tearing the shoulder Ezek 29:7 (but read כַּף
hand for כָּתֵף,
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
Sm (?)Co.); cleave
wood
Eccl 10:9 (|| מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים); of ploughing (furrowing) the earth Ps 141:7 (||
פֹּלֵחֵ; in simile); especially of dividing the sea, Exod 14:16 (
P
) Neh 9:11
; Ps 78:13
, compare
Isa 63:12, object מַיִם; — in all these subject ׳
י except Exod 14:16 where he commands Moses; of hatching out (a
brood, but no object expressed) Isa 34:15, subject קִפּוֺו
arrow-snake.
2.
break through or into, followed by בְּ
2Sam 23:16
= 1Chr
11:18 followed by accusative 2Chr 21:17
וַיַעֲלוּ בִיהוּדָה וֵיִבְקָעוּהָ; also 2Chr 32:1, object suffix reference to cities, ויאמר
לְבִקְעָם אֵלָיו
and he thought to break into them and so bring them unto himself.
Niph`al
Perfect
נִבְקַע
Job 26:8;
Zech 14:4
(וְ consecutive); נִבְקְעוּ
Gen 7:11;
Isa 35:6,
נִבְקָ֑עוּ
2Chr 25:11
; Prov
3:20
Imperfect
יִבָּקַע
Isa 58:8,
יִבֵָּק֑עַ
Job 32:19
3 feminine singular תִּבָּקַע
Isa 59:5,
וַתִּבָּקַע
Num 16:31
+ 3 t.; Infinitive construct לְהִבָּקֵעַ
Ezek 30:16
—
1.
be cleft, rent open, subject the ground, הָֽאֲדָמָה
Num 16:31
(
J
), הָאָרֶץ
1Kgs 1:40
(hyperb.); mountain Zech 14:4
burst open, of men hurled from rock 2Chr 25:12 of cloud beneath its weight
of water Job
26:8 hyperb. of belly full of words seeking a vent, Job 32:19
like new wine-skins it will burst open; so of the water-receptacles (
מעינות) of the great deep, at the flood Gen 7:11 of the water-masses themselves,
תהומות
Prov 3:20
, מים ונהלים
Isa 35:6
also of the Red Sea, וַיִבָּקְעוּ המים
Exod
14:21 of light breaking forth Isa 58:8 (figurative); of serpent's egg hatching
out as a viper Isa 59:5
הַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה.
2.
be broken into, of city captured by breaches in walls 2Kgs 25:4 = Jer 52:7
; Ezek
30:16.
Pi`el
Perfect
בִּקֵּעַ
2Kgs 15:16; Job 28:10, וּבִקַּעְתִּ֫י
Ezek 13:13, בִּקֵּ֑עוּ
Isa 59:5
Imperfect
יְבַקַּע
Ps
78:15, וַיְבַקַּע
Gen 22:3
3 feminine singular תְּבַקֵּעַ
Ezek 13:11, תְּבַקְּעֵם
Hos 13:8
2 masculine singular תְּבַקַּעֿ
Hab 3:9
, תְּבַקֵּ֑עַ
2Kgs
8:12 2 feminine plural וַתְּבַקַּעְנָה
2Kgs
2:24 — cleave, cut to pieces, or rend open
(often more complete or more violent than Qal), followed by accusative, of cleaving wood Gen 22:3
i.e. cut it up for burning, so 1Sam 6:14 of ripping open pregnant women 2Kgs
8:12;
2Kgs 15:16 of tearing in pieces children 2Kgs 2:24 compare
also Hos
13:8 (figurative); of cleaving open rocks, to bring forth water Ps 78:15 (subject
God); of cutting mining-shafts Job 28:10
׳
בַּצּוּרוֺת יְאֹרִים בּ; נְהָרוֺת תְּבַקַּעאָֿ֑רֶץ
Hab 3:9
into rivers thou cleavest (the) earth; break through or down
(a wall, but no object expressed), Ezek 13:11
רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת תְּבֵַקּ֑עַ (but Co
תִּבָּקֵעַ), compare Ezek 13:13
וּבִקַּעְתִּי רוּחַ
סְעָרוֺת בַחֲמָתִי; of hatching eggs Isa 59:5
בֵּיצֵי צִפְעוֺנִי
בִֵּקּ֑עוּ (figurative)
Pu`al
Imperfect
יְבָֻקּ֑עוּ
Hos
14:1
Participle
מְבֻקָּעָה
Ezek 26:10
, מְבֻקָּעִים
Josh 9:4
— be ripped open, of women Hos 14:1 (verb of masculine
form); rent, of old wine-skins Josh 9:4
broken into, of a city in whose walls a breach has been made
Ezek 26:10.
Hiph`il
Imperfect 1 plural suffix וְנַבְקִעֶנָּה
Isa
7:6
Infinitive construct
לְהַבְקִיעַ
2Kgs 3:26 —
break into, followed by
suffix reference to Judah,
Isa 7:6
אֵלֵינוּ
׳
ונב
let us break into it, lay it open, and so bring it unto
ourselves (compare Qal 2Chr 32:1); break through
(absolute) with sword, שֹׁלֵף חֶרֶבּ לְהַבְקִיעַ
אֶלמֶֿלֶךְאֱדוֺם
2Kgs 3:26.
Hoph`al
Perfect 3 feminine singular הָבְקְעָה הָעִיר
Jer 39:2
the city was broken into, entrance was made by a breach.
Hithpa`el
Perfect
הִתְכַָּקּ֑עוּ
Josh 9:13,
Imperfect
יִתְבּקָּ֑עוּ
Mic 1:4 —
burst (themselves) open
, of wine-skins Josh 9:13
cleave asunder, of valleys Mic 1:4.