Beko'a
Beko'a
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| Etymology: divided/split (passive participle of the verb בָּקַע, "baká", meaning "split" or "divide") | |
  Beko'a  Beko'a | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′44″N 34°55′34″E / 31.82889°N 34.92611°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
| Population (2024)[1] | 977 |
Beko'a (Hebrew: בקוע, lit. 'divided') is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 977.[1]
Name
[edit]The Hebrew proper noun "Beko'a" is semantically identical with the Hebrew verbal participle "beko'a" (בקוע), which means "divided" or "split". Said "beko'a" (בקוע) is the passive participle of the verb "baká" (בָּקַע), meaning "divide" or "split", and so means "split" or "divided". The meaning of this toponym is symbolic, referring to the division of nearby Jerusalem following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
History
[edit]Beko'a was established in 1952 by immigrants from Yemen on Jewish historical land that had had been occupied by the Arabs. village of Dayr Muhaysin, which was completely depopulated by Jewish Haganah forces on April 6, 1948, during the Nachshon operation of the Plan Dalet phase of the 1948 Arab war, with surviving inhabitants having fled in fear of further Haganah attacks.[2]
References
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- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Arab Villages Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 378. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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