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title: בָּקַק — empty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּקַק (1238), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: empty. BDB 1906: vb. empty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּקַק

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«בָּקַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **empty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 1238 · **BDB:** בָּקַק²

### Glosses

I.will.make.void (1); \[is\].about.to.lay.waste (1); \[those.who\].lay.waste (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

empty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1238/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. empty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1238/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. empty (cf. probably Arabic بَقَّ make a gurgling noise, of a mug dipped in water, or emptied of water)— Pf. וּבַקֹּתִי Je 19:7, בְּקָקוּם Na 2:3; Pt. בּוֹקֵק Is 24:1, בֹּקֲקִים Na 2:3 empty, lay waste land, acc., Is 24:1 Na 2:3, also abs. v 3; fig. make void (obj. עֵצָה) Je 19:7. Pf. וְנָֽבְקָה (cf. Ges§ 67 dd) Is 19:3; Impf. 3 fs. תִּבּוֹק Is 24:3; Inf. abs. הִבּוֹק Is 24:3;—be emptied (laid waste) Is 24:3 הִבּוֹק תִּבּוֹק, of land (‖ הִבּוֹז תִּבּוֹז); fig. of spirit, courage Is 19:3. Impf. יְבקֲקוּ Je 51:2 empty out (devastate) land.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּקַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1238/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.3/)

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הִבּ֧וֹק ׀ תִּבּ֛וֹק הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהִבּ֣וֹז ׀ תִּבּ֑וֹז כִּ֣י יְהוָ֔ה דִּבֶּ֖ר אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* completely.(laid.waste) it.will.be.laid.waste the earth and totally.(be.plundered) it.will.be.plundered (dm) Yahweh he.has.spoken (et) the word (the) this

*JPS 1917:* The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word.

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[Isaiah 24:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.1/)

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הִנֵּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה בּוֹקֵ֥ק הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבֽוֹלְקָ֑הּ וְעִוָּ֣ה פָנֶ֔יהָ וְהֵפִ֖יץ יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* here! Yahweh \[is\].about.to.lay.waste the earth and \[he is\].about.to.devastate.it and he.will.twist surface its and he.will.scatter inhabitants its

*JPS 1917:* Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

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