ב־ק־ע

Hebrew

Etymology

Likely extended from a biconsonantal root surfacing in Arabic as ب ق ق (b-q-q), note فَقَعَ (faqaʕa) in variation with فَقَأَ (faqaʔa) from an even more famous biliteral root ف ق ق (f-q-q); juxtaposed with a more minute kind of splicing – with a second-position plosive articulated by the smaller opening of the mouth – Proto-West Semitic *patat- (“to make disintegrate, to cut piecemeal”) (ف ت ت (f-t-t)) whence *pataw-.

Root

ב־ק־ע • (b-q-ʿ)

1. Related to cleaving, splitting, breaking.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ב־ק־ע (0 c, 4 e)

See also

• פ־ק־ע (p-q-ʿ)

Further reading

• “ב־ק־ע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “ב־ק־ע”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “בקע”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 81b
• A. Murtonen (1989) “BQ&”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 118