- Original: בּכא - Transliteration: Baka' - Phonetic: baw-kaw' - Definition: 1. balsam tree - a shrub which drips sap when it is cut - Origin: the same as H1056 - TWOT entry: 242 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: the same as H1056 ; the weeping tree (some gum distilling tree perhaps the balsam): - mulberry tree. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • trees, 4 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 5:24; 1 Chronicles 14:14; 1 Chronicles 14:15