ba.qaq describes making something void or depleted, whether a spirit, counsel, earth, or land.

The attested use describes an act or condition of being made void or depleted: Egypt's spirit is emptied, the earth is emptied, Judah and Jerusalem's counsel is made void, and Babylon's land is emptied. The supplied translation does not make the term's specific contribution clear in Nahum 2:3.

1. Making persons, plans, or places void · dominant

   In Isaiah 19:3, the Niphal sequential perfect occurs in the clause where the APB renders Egypt's spirit as “emptied.” In Isaiah 24:1 and Isaiah 24:3, the forms occur in statements about the earth; the APB renders the clauses “the LORD empties the earth” and “The earth will be utterly emptied.” In Jeremiah 19:7 and Jeremiah 51:2, the clauses concern making counsel void and emptying Babylon's land.

   Isaiah 19:3Isaiah 24:1Isaiah 24:3Jeremiah 19:7Jeremiah 51:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer clauses, the APB uses “emptied,” “empties,” “make void,” and “empty her land.” These are renderings of whole clauses; in Nahum 2:3 the supplied APB does not clearly isolate the term's contribution.