BDB1282 [H1237]

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).

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