בִּקְעָה
Meanings
Feminine noun
1. a wide valley
2. the Jordan river valley (colloquially, with direct article)
Pronunciation
biqʿá
Examples2
יַעֲלוּ הָרִים יֵרְדוּ בְקָעוֹת אֶל־מָקוֹם זֶה יָסַדְתָּ לָהֶם׃
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down— Unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them
וְאֵת־הַנֶּגֶב וְאֵת־הַכִּכָּר בִּקְעַת יְרֵחוֹ עִיר הַתְּמָרִים עַד־צֹעַר׃
and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.