Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
KJV Usage: (make) empty (out), fail, X utterly, make void
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּקַק (ba.qaq) — be luxuriant. to be luxuriant
בָּקַק (ba.qaq) — to empty. 1) to empty 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to empty, lay waste 1a2) to make void (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be emptied 1c) (Polel) to empty out, devastate
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Impact | verb qal, verb pi, verb nif | ≈ בזז · בלק · זרה · עוה
to lay waste, to devastate = to act forcibly on something, ► so as to cause it to become waste and/or desolate
ISA 19:3 · ISA 24:1 · ISA 24:3 · ISA 24:3 · JER 19:7 · JER 51:2 · NAM 2:3
Impact | verb qal
destroyer, marauder, plunderer = someone who acts forcibly on others, ► so as to lay them waste and make them desolate
Stage | verb qal
to flourish, to spread = process by which a plant grows luxuriantly and spreads out, often to the detriment of other plants
1 HOS 10:1 Already the ancient versions are divided between a positive and a negative understanding of the verb here (cf. Rudolph, Hosea, p.191). Among contemporary versions, only NJPS ("a ravaged vine") maintains the negative understanding, which is common to this root. There is a growing consensus on a root בקק II "to flourish, spread wide" (cf. HALOT, DCH)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּקַק] vb. be luxuriant Ho 10:1 ref
[בָּקַק] vb. empty Qal empty, lay waste
Niph. be emptied (laid waste)
Po. empty out (devastate) land.
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