בִּידְקָא

בִּדְקָא, בִּידְקָאm. ch. = h. בֶּדֶק 1) breaking into, freshet, bursting dam. B. Mets.66b אתא ב׳וכ׳ a freshet came and overflooded B. Bath.41a שקל בי׳וכ׳ a freshet swept his field (taking away the fence). Ḥull.105a צינורא דב׳ Ar. a channel caused by a freshet, v. בְּדַק. Snh.7a strife is likened לצינורא דבי׳ (דמיא)וכ׳ to an inroad made by a burst (of water), once entering it widens more and more; a. fr.Pl. בִּדְקֵי, בִּידְקֵי. Erub.21a דשכיחי בי׳ where freshets are of frequent occurrence. 2) breach, defect. Targ. O. Gen. 42:9 (h. ערוה). Targ. 2 Kings 12:6 sq.Pl. Targ. Lam. 1:8 בִּדְקָהָא her shortcomings (h. עֶרְוָתָהּ). B. Bath.61a בדקא, v. בַּרְקָא III.