בִּקְעָה
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
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Jastrow 1903
בִּקְעָה: cut, notch valley, plane; group of fields; short cut sadeh bikah; an unguarded field, moral danger Valley of tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
cut, notch, whence valley, plane; a group of fields; v. בָּאגִא; esp. a short cut for farm-laborers &c. Toh. VI, 7, a. e. הב׳ בימות החמה וכ׳ the path through the fields in summer-time (when used by field laborers) is considered as private ground with regard to Sabbath laws, as public with regard to levitical purity. B. Bath. 61ᵇ when one sells … a field בב׳ גדולה within a large group of fields (all belonging to the seller). Ib. (in a place) where they call לשדה ש׳ ולב׳ ב׳ a field sadeh and an estate bikah; a. fr.—Trnsf. an unguarded field, moral danger. Erub. 6ᵃ; 100ᵇ; Ḥull. 110ᵃ רב ב׳ מצא וכ׳ Rab found an unguarded field and fenced it in, i.e. found people transgressing the law in ignorance and instituted preventive regulations.—Pl. בְּקָעוֹת. Gen. R. s. 98.—2) (constr.) בִּקְעַת pr. n. pl. Valley of—, as ב׳ יזרעאל, ב׳ ידים &c., for all of which see the respective determinants.
Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the plain (1).
In the verses
נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃
Word for word: Nebuchadnezzar the king he.made an.image (diy).of gold height its [was].cubits sixty width its [was].cubits six he set.it.up on the.plain of.Dura in the.province of.Babylon
JPS 1917: Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
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