Jastrow: בְּקִיעַ I

בְּקִיעַ I m. (בקע; cmp. בִּצְעָה) fissure, ditch, esp. small pond for washing clothes. M. Kat. 8ᵇ נברכת וב׳, expl. as גיהא ובר גיהא a large pond and a small pond. Tosef. B. Bath. I, 2. Ib. M. Kat. I, 9 זו היא נ׳ … ב׳ Nibrekheth a. B’kia are the same; Y. ib. I, 80ᵈ כל שהוא תושב וכ׳ any permanent cut in the ground is called בקיע (fissure, a grave, wash-pond &c.). [Another opin. in Ar. ב׳ = אבן ב׳ a flat stone whereon washers beat their clothes; Y. l. c. כל שהוא וכ׳ any stone fixed in the ground is called a b’kia.—Ms. M. a. ed. Ven. נְקִיעַ, v. נֶקַע.]