בָּקַע

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 7:11

• נִבְקְעוּ֙nivkeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were split open

So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

Genesis 22:3

• וַיְבַקַּע֙vayvaka'Hc/Vpw3mstagged: and he cut

And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Exodus 14:16

• וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּuvekaehuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and divide it

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,

Exodus 14:21

• וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּvaiyibakeuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were divided

As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

Numbers 16:31

• וַתִּבָּקַ֥עvatibaka'Hc/VNw3fstagged: and it was split open

acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

Joshua 9:4

• וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖יםumevukaimconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: and split

These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”

Joshua 9:13

• הִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּhitbakauverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have split

So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

Judges 15:19

• וַיִּבְקַ֨עvaiyivka'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he split open

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

1 Samuel 6:14

• וַֽיְבַקְּעוּ֙vayvakeuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they split

So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

2 Samuel 23:16

• וַיִּבְקְעוּ֩vaiyivkeuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they broke through

All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

1 Kings 1:40

• וַתִּבָּקַ֥עvatibaka'Hc/VNw3fstagged: and it was split open

Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

2 Kings 2:24

• וַתְּבַקַּ֣עְנָהvatevaka'nahHc/Vpw3fptagged: and they tore in pieces

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

2 Kings 3:26

• לְהַבְקִ֛יעַlehavkia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break through

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Kings 8:12

• תְּבַקֵּֽעַ׃tevakea'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rip open

At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

2 Kings 15:16

• בִּקֵּֽעַ׃ פbikea'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he ripped open

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

2 Kings 25:4

• וַתִּבָּקַ֣עvatibaka'Hc/VNw3fstagged: and it was broken into

So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

1 Chronicles 11:18

• וַיִּבְקְע֨וּvaiyivkeuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they broke through

So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

2 Chronicles 21:17

• וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָvaiyivkauhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they broke into it

and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

2 Chronicles 25:12

• נִבְקָֽעוּ׃ סnivkauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were split open

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

2 Chronicles 32:1

• לְבִקְעָ֥םlevikampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to break into them

You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Nehemiah 9:11

• בָּקַ֣עְתָּbaka'taverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you split open

He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

Job 26:8

• נִבְקַ֖עnivka'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is split open

He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

Job 28:10

• בִּקֵּ֑עַbikea'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he splits open

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

Job 32:19

• יִבָּקֵֽעַ׃yibakea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be split open

You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

Psalms 74:15

• בָ֭קַעְתָּvaka'taverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you broke open

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

Psalms 78:13

• בָּ֣קַעbaka'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he split open

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

Psalms 78:15

• יְבַקַּ֣עyevaka'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he split open

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Psalms 141:7

• וּבֹקֵ֣עַuvokea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and breaks up

By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

Proverbs 3:20

• נִבְקָ֑עוּnivkauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were split open

The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

Ecclesiastes 10:9

• בּוֹקֵ֥עַbokea'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: cleaves

‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

Isaiah 7:6

• וְנַבְקִעֶ֖נָּהvenavkienahHC/Vhu1cp/Sp3fstagged: and let us break into it

There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

Isaiah 34:15

• וּבָקְעָ֖הuvakeahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will hatch

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 35:6

• נִבְקְע֤וּnivkeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will burst forth

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

Isaiah 48:21

• וַיִּ֨בְקַע־vaiyivka'-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he split open

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58:8

• יִבָּקַ֤עyibaka'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will break forth

They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

Isaiah 59:5

• בִּקֵּ֔עוּbikeuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have hatched
• תִּבָּקַ֥עtibaka'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is hatched

who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

Isaiah 63:12

• בּ֤וֹקֵֽעַbokea'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: split open

And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

Jeremiah 39:2

• הָבְקְעָ֖הhavekeahverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was broken into

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Jeremiah 52:7

• וַתִּבָּקַ֣עvatibaka'Hc/VNw3fstagged: and it was broken into

tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

Ezekiel 13:11

• תְּבַקֵּֽעַ׃tevakea'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will break through

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

Ezekiel 13:13

• וּבִקַּעְתִּ֥יuvika'tiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will make break out

His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

Ezekiel 26:10

• מְבֻקָּעָֽה׃mevukaahverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: broken into

When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

Ezekiel 29:7

• וּבָקַעְתָּ֥uvaka'taHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you broke

I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.

Ezekiel 30:16

• לְהִבָּקֵ֑עַlehibakea'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be broken into

Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

Hosea 13:8

• תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃tevakeemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: it will tear to pieces them

Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Hosea 13:16

• יְבֻקָּֽעוּ׃ פyevukauverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be ripped open

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

Amos 1:13

• בִּקְעָם֙bikamverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: ripped open they

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Micah 1:4

• יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּyitbakauverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be cleft

You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Habakkuk 3:9

• תְּבַקַּע־tevaka'-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you split open

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

Zechariah 14:4

• וְנִבְקַע֩venivka'Hc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be split open