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2 Kings 25:4

“And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּקַעbâqaʻ · baw-kah'
H1234 · Hebrew
Definition
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • תִּבָּקַ֣ע — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/VNw3fs
Usage
Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:11Genesis 22:3Exodus 14:16Exodus 14:21Numbers 16:31

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּקַע here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.