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H1234בָּקַעba.qa

to break up/openPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. 3
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 1
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. 4
  20. 1
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 8
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 5
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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51 occurrences in 50 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

    נִבְקְעוּ֙ niv.ke.'U “they were split open”

  2. Genesis 22:3

    And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

    וַיְבַקַּע֙ (יְבַקַּע֙) y.va.Ka' “he cut”

  3. Exodus 14:16

    And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.

    וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּ (בְקָעֵ֑) ve.ka.'E. “divide”

  4. Exodus 14:21

    And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

    וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּ (יִּבָּקְע֖וּ) i.yi.ba.ke.'U “they were divided”

  5. Numbers 16:31

    And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.

    וַתִּבָּקַ֥ע (תִּבָּקַ֥ע) ti.ba.Ka' “it was split open”

  6. Joshua 9:4

    they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine skins, worn and rent and patched up;

    וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים (מְבֻקָּעִ֖ים) me.vu.ka.'Im “split”

  7. Joshua 9:13

    And these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent. And these our garments and our shoes are worn by reason of the very long journey.'

    הִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ hit.ba.Ka.'u “they have split”

  8. Judges 15:19

    But God cleaved the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came back, and he revived; wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

    וַיִּבְקַ֨ע (יִּבְקַ֨ע) i.yiv.Ka' “he split open”

  9. 1 Samuel 6:14

    And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone; and they cleaved the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.

    וַֽיְבַקְּעוּ֙ (יְבַקְּעוּ֙) y.va.ke.'U “they split”

  10. 2 Samuel 23:16

    And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

    וַיִּבְקְעוּ֩ (יִּבְקְעוּ֩) i.yiv.ke.'U “they broke through”

  11. 1 Kings 1:40

    And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

    וַתִּבָּקַ֥ע (תִּבָּקַ֥ע) ti.ba.Ka' “it was split open”

  12. 2 Kings 2:24

    And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two children of them.

    וַתְּבַקַּ֣עְנָה (תְּבַקַּ֣עְנָה) te.va.Ka'.nah “they tore in pieces”

  13. 2 Kings 3:26

    And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.

    לְהַבְקִ֛יעַ (הַבְקִ֛יעַ) hav.Ki.a' “break through”

  14. 2 Kings 8:12

    And Hazael said: 'Why weepeth my lord?' And he answered: 'Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their lit

    תְּבַקֵּֽעַ׃ te.va.Ke.a' “you will rip open”

  15. 2 Kings 15:16

    Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah; because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

    בִּקֵּֽעַ׃ bi.Ke.a' “he ripped open”

  16. 2 Kings 25:4

    Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden--now the Chaldeans were against the city round about--and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

    וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע (תִּבָּקַ֣ע) ti.ba.Ka' “it was broken into”

  17. 1 Chronicles 11:18

    And the three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD,

    וַיִּבְקְע֨וּ (יִּבְקְע֨וּ) i.yiv.ke.'U “they broke through”

  18. 2 Chronicles 21:17

    and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

    וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ (יִּבְקָע֔וּ) i.yiv.ka.'U. “they broke into”

  19. 2 Chronicles 25:12

    And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the Rock, and cast them down from the top of the Rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

    נִבְקָֽעוּ׃ niv.Ka.'u “they were split open”

  20. 2 Chronicles 32:1

    After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to make a breach therein for himself.

    לְבִקְעָ֥ם (בִקְעָ֥) vik.'A “break into”

  21. Nehemiah 9:11

    And Thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers Thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

    בָּקַ֣עְתָּ ba.Ka'.ta “you split open”

  22. Job 26:8

    He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

    נִבְקַ֖ע niv.Ka' “it is split open”

  23. Job 28:10

    He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

    בִּקֵּ֑עַ bi.Ke.a' “he splits open”

  24. Job 32:19

    Behold, mine inwards are as wine which hath no vent; like new wine-skins which are ready to burst.

    יִבָּקֵֽעַ׃ yi.ba.Ke.a' “it will be split open”

  25. Psalms 74:15

    Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

    בָ֭קַעְתָּ Va.ka'.ta “you broke open”