The word baka is supposed to be from a root signifying 'weeping,' and to refer to some tree that distils an odoriferous gum; but what tree is alluded to is unknown. David was to wait for some secret sign from God in the mulberry trees before attacking the enemy. 2 Samuel 5:23,24; 1 Chronicles 14:14,15; Psalm 84:6 margin. The true mulberry is supposed to be the tree called in the A.V. SYCAMINE,q.v.