בִּקְעָה (biqʿâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning valley. It appears
20 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1237).
Also rendered
Valley (of Jericho)
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 271b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 271b)valley, plain; split
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בִּקְעָהnoun, feminine: valley, plain
1.valley
2.plain
Strong's H1237בִּקְעָה: properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains KJV:plain, valley.
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.
Root family 271: בָּקַעbāqaʿ — cleave, break open, through; cleave open, break through, into; be cleft, rent open, be broken into; cut to pieces, rend open; be ripped open; break into; the city was broken into; burst, themselves, open, cleave asunder; rend…