be.deq denotes a damaged opening or defect requiring repair, including a breach needing strengthening.

The dominant usage names damage or a defect in a house that is to be repaired; the Ezekiel occurrences use the plural construct form for breaches that require strengthening.

1. Damage in a house requiring repair · dominant

   In 2 Kings 12:6 and 2 Kings 12:7, the construct noun occurs in the clause concerning damage to the house that had not been repaired. In 2 Kings 12:8 and 2 Kings 22:5, the APB renders the related repair language as "repair the damage to the house" and "repair the breach of the house."

   2 Kings 12:62 Kings 12:72 Kings 12:82 Kings 22:5
2. Breaches needing strengthening · occasional

   In Ezekiel 27:9, the plural construct form occurs with those described as "strengtheners of your breach." Ezekiel 27:27 likewise places such strengtheners among the personnel and resources that fall in the seas.

   Ezekiel 27:9Ezekiel 27:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the house-repair context with "damage" and "breach," while Ezekiel 27:9 and Ezekiel 27:27 speak of "strengtheners of your breach." These are renderings of whole clauses of the lemma.