- Original: בּוּקה - Transliteration: Buwqah - Phonetic: boo-kaw' - Definition: 1. emptiness - Origin: passive part. of an unused root (meaning to be hollow) - TWOT entry: 220a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine passive participle of an unused root (meaning to be hollow); emptiness (as adjective): - empty. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • empty, 1 Nahum 2:10