be.qi.a denotes openings or breaks in a structure, whether city defenses or houses struck apart.

The attested use concerns breaks or openings in built structures: city defenses described as numerous in Isaiah 22:9 and houses broken apart under a commanded strike in Amos 6:11.

1. Structural openings and breaks · dominant

   The plural noun names damaged places in structures. In Isaiah 22:9, the construct plural occurs in the clause about the city of David's many damaged places; the APB renders the clause "the breaches of the city of David were many." In Amos 6:11, the absolute plural occurs as the small house is struck; the APB renders it "the small house into breaches."

   Isaiah 22:9Amos 6:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both occurrences, the APB uses "breaches" for the structural damage it describes.