Bakah בָּכָא
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| בָּכָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | bakah |
| Strong's number | H1057 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | balsam |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Samuel (2) |
Bakah (Hebrew בָּכָא, Strong's H1057) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “balsam”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) balsam tree-a shrub which drips sap when it is cut
2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6
2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | trees (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | balsam trees (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Bakah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 5:23And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 2 Samuel 5:24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 14:14Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 1 Chronicles 14:15And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).