Strong's Definition
the same as 1056; the weeping tree (some gum- distilling tree, perhaps the balsam)
KJV Usage: mulberry tree
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּכָא (ba.kah) — balsam. 1) balsam tree-a shrub which drips sap when it is cut 2) possible name of a vale of balsam trees in Ps 84:6
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · בכה
Trees
balsam tree, aspen tree, poplar meaning unsure: = a kind of tree
Names of Locations
Collocation: עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא
Valley of Baca = unknown location; ≈ the name may reflect the "weeping (= dripping)" of balsam trees
1 2SA 5:23 · 2SA 5:24 · 1CH 14:14 · 1CH 14:15 RSV NIV NJB GNT CEV "balsam trees" | NJPS "baca trees" | REB "aspens" 2 PSA 84:7 RSV NIV NJPS NRSV GNT "valley of Baca" | NJB "Valley of the Balsam" | REB "waterless valley" CEV "Dry Valley"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָּכָא n.[m.] balsam-tree base