בכא, 2 Sam. v, 23, 24; 1 Chronicles xiv, 14, 15; Psalm
lxxxiv, 7. The LXX, in Chronicles, render the word by ἀπίων, pear
trees;” so Aquila and the Vulgate, both in Samuel and Chronicles,
_pyrorum_.” Others translate it the mulberry tree.” More probably it is
the large shrub which the Arabs still call baca;” and which gave name to
the valley where it abounded. Of this valley Celsius remarks, that it
was rugged and embarrassed with bushes and stones, which could not be
passed through without labour and tears;” referring to Psalm lxxxiv, 7;
and the rough valley,” Deut. xxi, 4; and he quotes from a manuscript of
Abu'l Fideli a description of the tree which grew there, and mentions it
as bearing a fruit of an acrid taste.
lxxxiv, 7. The LXX, in Chronicles, render the word by ἀπίων, pear
trees;” so Aquila and the Vulgate, both in Samuel and Chronicles,
_pyrorum_.” Others translate it the mulberry tree.” More probably it is
the large shrub which the Arabs still call baca;” and which gave name to
the valley where it abounded. Of this valley Celsius remarks, that it
was rugged and embarrassed with bushes and stones, which could not be
passed through without labour and tears;” referring to Psalm lxxxiv, 7;
and the rough valley,” Deut. xxi, 4; and he quotes from a manuscript of
Abu'l Fideli a description of the tree which grew there, and mentions it
as bearing a fruit of an acrid taste.