בְּקַעַת f. (בקע) 1) chip, piece of wood; log to be chopped. B. Kam. 32ᵇ נתזה ב׳ וכ׳ a chip slipped out (of the carpenter’s hand) and struck his face; Y. ib. III, end, 3ᵈ. Y. Macc. II, 31ᶜ bot. Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ bot. אין מכבין את הב׳ you must not extinguish the log; v. כָּסַס. Sabb. 29ᵃ top; a. fr.—Pl. (cmp. pl. of כְּנֶסֶת) בִּקְעִיּוֹת. Ḥull. 37ᵇ אפי׳ אוכלת ב׳ even if strong enough to bite wood. Koh. R. to III, 17 (a gloss expl. גזירין). Gen. R. s. 27, v. בְּקִיעָה. —2) dial. for פְּקַעַת q. v.