בָּכָא
bākāʾ
balsam-tree
Strong's H1057NounHebrewTWOT 242

בָּכָא (bākāʾ) is a Hebrew noun meaning balsam-tree. It appears 4 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1057).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 242)

Range of meaning (TWOT 242)balsam-tree; weeping tree; mulberry tree
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בָּכָא noun, masculine: balsam-tree

Strong's H1057 בָּכָא: the weeping tree (some gum-distilling tree, perhaps the balsam)
KJV:mulberry tree.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

2 Samuel 5:231 Chronicles 14:14

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