Jastrow: בִּקְעָה

בִּקְעָה f. (b. h.; בקע) cut, notch, whence valley, plane; a group of fields; v. בָּאגִא; esp. a short cut for farm-laborers &c. Toh. VI, 7, a. e. הב׳ בימות החמה וכ׳ the path through the fields in summer-time (when used by field laborers) is considered as private ground with regard to Sabbath laws, as public with regard to levitical purity. B. Bath. 61ᵇ when one sells … a field בב׳ גדולה within a large group of fields (all belonging to the seller). Ib. (in a place) where they call לשדה ש׳ ולב׳ ב׳ a field sadeh and an estate bikah; a. fr.—Trnsf. an unguarded field, moral danger. Erub. 6ᵃ; 100ᵇ; Ḥull. 110ᵃ רב ב׳ מצא וכ׳ Rab found an unguarded field and fenced it in, i.e. found people transgressing the law in ignorance and instituted preventive regulations.—Pl. בְּקָעוֹת. Gen. R. s. 98.—2) (constr.) בִּקְעַת pr. n. pl. Valley of—, as ב׳ יזרעאל, ב׳ ידים &c., for all of which see the respective determinants.