בָּקַק bâqaq — to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate
Translated in the KJV as empty, fail, × utterly, make void.
a primitive root; to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine).
bâqaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Niph'al
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Infinitive absolute 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
Po'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›