- בִּיקּוּעַ
- בִּיקּוּעַ, בִּקּוּעַ,m. (בקע) 1) splitting, chopping. Kel. XIII, 3 בית ב׳ that part of the spade (or shovel) which is used for chopping. Ib. XXIX, 7; Y.Meg.I, 71b top קרדום של ב׳ an axe for chopping, opp. של ניכוש (a hoe) for weeding; Y.Ned.IV, beg.38c קורדום של בקעי (corr. acc.). 2) (v. בָּקַע) trimming the (olive) tree. Sifra Bhar, beg.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
