Transliteration: bâqa‛

Phonetic: baw-kah'

BDB Definition:

1. to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear
   1. (Qal)
      1. to cleave, cleave open
      2. to break through, break into
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be cleft, be rent open, be split open
      2. to be broken into
   3. (Piel)
      1. to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open
      2. to break through, break down
   4. (Pual)
      1. to be ripped open, be torn open
      2. to be rent
      3. to be broken into
   5. (Hiphil)
      1. to break into
      2. to break through
   6. (Hophal) to be broken into
   7. (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 271

Part(s) of speech: Verb