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title: בָּכָא — balsam-tree · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּכָא (1056), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: balsam-tree. BDB 1906: balsam-tree. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּכָא

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«בָּכָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **balsam-tree** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1056 · **BDB:** בָּכָא

### Glosses

Baca (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

balsam-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1056/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

balsam-tree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1056/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] balsam-tree (v. Arabic بَكْأٌ DozyZMG 1869, 188 but LöwNo. 47; according to TA like جرجير, an eruca, cf. Lane s.v.; perhaps cf. بَكَأَ give little milk, of camel, i.e. drop, drip); pl. בְּכָאִים 2 S 5:23, 24 = 1 Ch 14:14, 15; sg. in עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא ψ 84:7 balsam-vale, cf. De Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּכָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1056/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.7/)

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עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הַ֭בָּכָא מַעְיָ֣ן יְשִׁית֑וּהוּ גַּם־בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹת יַעְטֶ֥ה מוֹרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[those.who\].pass in the.valley of.(the) Baca a.spring they make.it also blessings it.covers.\[it\] early.rain

*JPS 1917:* Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.

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