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# בָּקַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1238

**empty** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּקַק²: vb. empty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1238/#m2)

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I will make void (1); \[is\] about to lay waste (1); \[those who\] lay waste (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1238.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1238/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).