Bâkâʼ — H1057

Definition

masculine noun

the weeping tree (some gum-distilling tree, perhaps the balsam)

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

Usually translated as

mulberry tree

Origin

the same as H1056

• Same as Bâkâʼ (H1056)

Occurrences

Bâkâʼ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (2)

• 2 Samuel 5:23 — And 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 (בְּכָאִֽים).
• 2 Samuel 5:24 — And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees (הַבְּכָאִ֖ים), that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
• 1 Chronicles 14:14 — Therefore 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 (הַבְּכָאִֽים).
• 1 Chronicles 14:15 — And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees (הַבְּכָאִ֔ים), that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.