Bakkah is mentioned in Ali 'Imran : 96 without any reference to Arabia, it states, it was the place where first-house built by Abraham.
Ali 'Imran : 96 اِنَّ اَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُّضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِيْ بِبَكَّةَ مُبٰرَكًا وَّهُدًى لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَۚ
Surely the first House established for humanity is the one at Bakkah—a blessed sanctuary and a guide for ˹all˺ people.
Ali 'Imran : 97 فِيهِ ءَايَـٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَـٰتٌۭ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ
In it are clear signs and the standing-place of Abraham
مَقَام • (maqām) 'standing-place'
This word appears in Biblical Hebrew, under מקום h4725
Gen 13:3
the place (מקום) where his tent had been at the beginning (בתחלה), between Bethel and Hai;
Gen 13:4
Unto the place (מקום) of the altar, which he had made there at the first (בראשנה) and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Gen 12:6
Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem (מקום שכם) , unto the plain of Moreh (אלון מורה)
Gen 12:7
there builded he an altar (ויבן שם מזבח)
Gen 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east
and there he builded an altar (ויבן־שם מזבח)
Plain of Moreh (אלון מורה) is later named Allon-bachuth (אלון בכות) and בכות/בכה is the same word as بَكَّة (Bakkah).
Ali 'Imran : 96 اِنَّ اَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُّضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِيْ بِبَكَّةَ مُبٰرَكًا وَّهُدًى لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَۚ
Surely the first House established for humanity is the one at Bakkah—a blessed sanctuary and a guide for ˹all˺ people.
Ali 'Imran : 97 فِيهِ ءَايَـٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَـٰتٌۭ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ
In it are clear signs and the standing-place of Abraham
مَقَام • (maqām) 'standing-place'
This word appears in Biblical Hebrew, under מקום h4725
Gen 13:3
the place (מקום) where his tent had been at the beginning (בתחלה), between Bethel and Hai;
Gen 13:4
Unto the place (מקום) of the altar, which he had made there at the first (בראשנה) and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Gen 12:6
Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem (מקום שכם) , unto the plain of Moreh (אלון מורה)
Gen 12:7
there builded he an altar (ויבן שם מזבח)
Gen 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east
and there he builded an altar (ויבן־שם מזבח)
Plain of Moreh (אלון מורה) is later named Allon-bachuth (אלון בכות) and בכות/בכה is the same word as بَكَّة (Bakkah).
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