STRONGS H1058:
Abbreviations
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בָּכָה 114 verb weep, bewail (Arabic
بَكَى, Aramaic
בְּכָא,
Txkb, Assyrian
bakû Zim
BP 23, 56, Ethiopic
በከየ፡) —
Qal Perfect בּ׳ Genesis 43:14;
Hosea 12:5;
וּבָֽכְתָה consecutive
Deuteronomy 21:13;
בָּכִ֫יתִּי Job 30:25, etc.;
Imperfect וַיֵּבְךְ Genesis 37:35 +
16 times (
וַיֵּבְךְּ Genesis 27:28 etc.);
3rd person feminine singular תִּבְכֶּה 1 Samuel 1:10 +
2 times;
וַתִּבְכֶּה 1 Samuel 1:7,
וַתֵּבְךְּ Genesis 21:16 (where
masculine compare Di) +
4 times;
2nd person masculine singular תִּבְכֶּה Isaiah 30:19;
Ezekiel 24:16;
וַתִּבְכֶּה 2 Kings 22:19,
וַתֵּבְךְּ 2 Samuel 12:21;
2 Chronicles 34:27;
2nd person feminine singular תִּבְכִּי 1 Samuel 1:8;
אֶבְכֶּה Judges 11:37 +
4 times;
וָאֶבְכֶּה 2 Samuel 12:22 +
2 times;
יִבְכּוּ Leviticus 10:6 +
3 times;
יִבְכָּי֑וּן Job 31:38;
Isaiah 33:7;
3rd person feminine plural תִּבְכֶּינָה Job 27:15;
Psalm 78:64;
וַתִּב׳ Ruth 1:9,
14, etc.;
Imperative plural
בְּכוּ Jeremiah 22:10;
Joel 1:5;
בְּכֶינָה 2 Samuel 1:24;
Infinitive absolute בָּכוֺ Isaiah 30:19 +
3 times +
Micah 1:10 (where read
בְּעַכּוֺ, see
עכו);
בָּכֹה 1 Samuel 1:10 +
3 times;
construct לִבְכּוֺת Genesis 43:30 +
3 times;
לִבְכֹּתָהּ Genesis 23:2;
Participle בֹּכֶה (
בּוֺכֶה)
Exodus 2:6 +
6 times; feminine singular
בּוֺכִיָּה Lamentations 1:16; plural
בֹּכִים (
בּו׳)
Ezra 3:12 +, etc.; —
1. weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy), absolute Genesis 42:24; Genesis 43:30 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:6; Numbers 11:4, 10; Numbers 14:1; 1 Samuel 1:7, 8, 10; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 30:4 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Samuel 15:30 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2; 2 Kings 8:11, 12; Isaiah 30:19 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 41:6; Jeremiah 50:4; Ezekiel 24:16, 23; Lamentations 1:2; Zechariah 7:3; Joel 1:5; Joel 2:17; Psalm 78:64; Psalm 126:6; compare Psalm 69:11 (but on text see Che) Job 27:15; Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to laugh שׂחק) Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Esther 8:3; once with inanimate subject Job 31:38 תְּלָמֶיהָ יִב׳ its furrows weep; on Nehemiah 1:4 יָשַׁבְתִּי וָאֶבְכֶּה compare Assyrian attašab abakî, Flood130ed. Dl Gu§ 77 HptBAS i. 145; of loud weeping נָשָׂא הַקּוֺל וַיִּב׳ Genesis 21:16; Genesis 27:38; Genesis 29:11; Judges 2:4; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 24:17; 2 Samuel 3:32; 2 Samuel 13:36; Job 2:12; Ruth 1:9, 14, compare בְּאָזְנֵי י׳ בּ׳ Numbers 11:18, also Job 30:31.
2. with accusative of congnate meaning with verb בְּכִי Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3, compare בִּבְכִי Isaiah 16:9, מִבְּכִי Jeremiah 48:32, & חַרְבֶּה בֶּכֶה בּ׳ Ezra 10:1; followed by קוֺל גָּדוֺל 2 Samuel 15:33, compare בקול גדול בּ׳ Ezra 3:12; weep bitterly מַר יִב׳ Isaiah 33:7; also with infinitive absolute weep intensely, grievously 1 Samuel 1:10; Jeremiah 22:10; Lamentations 1:2, compare Isaiah 30:19 & Micah 1:10 (but on text see above).
3. followed by עַל weep upon, i.e. embrace and weep, עַל־צואריו Genesis 45:14; Genesis 46:29; compare Genesis 45:15; Genesis 50:1; also עַ־פָּנָיו בּ׳ 2 Kings 13:14; see further Genesis 33:4; Genesis 45:14 & וַיִּבְכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ 1 Samuel 20:41; also followed by עַל weep over, for Judges 11:37, 38; 2 Samuel 3:34; Lamentations 1:16; followed by אֶֹל־ 2 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 3:32; Ezekiel 27:31; followed by לְ Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 48:32; Job 30:25; followed by מִפְּנִי because of Jeremiah 13:17; followed by temporal clause (of occasion of weeping) Genesis 50:17; Psalm 137:1; Nehemiah 8:9.
4. followed by accusative bewail Genesis 23:2; Genesis 37:35; Genesis 50:3; Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 34:8; Jeremiah 8:23 [Jeremiah 9:1], compare Isaiah 16:9.
5. followed by עַל in sense of burden, annoy with weeping Numbers 11:13; Judges 14:16, 17 compare לִפְנֵי Numbers 11:20.
6. לִפְנֵי י׳ בּ׳ of penitent weeping Judges 20:23 (compare Be; see also Judges 21:2) Deuteronomy 1:45; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 34:27, compare also Numbers 25:6; joined with fasting Judges 20:26; 2 Samuel 12:21, 22 compare Ezra 10:1; so of weeping in anxious entreaty Hosea 4:5; on participle as proper name Judges 2:1, 5 see בֹּכִים below.
Pi. Participle feminine singular מְבַכָּה lament Jeremiah 31:25 followed by
עַל;
bewail, plural
מְבַכּוֺת followed by accusative
Ezekiel 8:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
21:16; 21:16; 23:2; 23:2; 27:28; 27:38; 29:11; 33:4; 37:35; 37:35; 42:24; 43:14; 43:30; 43:30; 45:14; 45:14; 45:15; 46:29; 50:1; 50:3; 50:17
Exodus
2:6; 2:6
Leviticus
10:6; 10:6
Numbers
11:4; 11:10; 11:13; 11:18; 11:20; 14:1; 20:29; 25:6
Deuteronomy
1:45; 21:13; 21:13; 34:8
Judges
2:1; 2:4; 2:5; 11:37; 11:37; 11:38; 14:16; 14:17; 20:23; 20:26; 21:2; 21:2; 21:2
Ruth
1:9; 1:9; 1:14
1 Samuel
1:7; 1:7; 1:8; 1:8; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 11:4; 11:5; 20:41; 24:17; 30:4
2 Samuel
1:12; 1:24; 1:24; 3:16; 3:32; 3:32; 3:34; 12:21; 12:21; 12:22; 12:22; 13:36; 13:36; 13:36; 15:30; 15:33; 19:1; 19:2
2 Kings
8:11; 8:12; 13:14; 20:3; 22:19; 22:19
2 Chronicles
34:27; 34:27
Ezra
3:12; 3:12; 10:1; 10:1; 10:1
Nehemiah
1:4; 8:9; 8:9
Esther
8:3
Job
2:12; 27:15; 27:15; 30:25; 30:25; 30:31; 31:38; 31:38
Psalms
69:11; 78:64; 78:64; 126:6; 137:1
Ecclesiastes
3:4
Isaiah
16:9; 16:9; 30:19; 30:19; 30:19; 30:19; 33:7; 33:7; 38:3
Jeremiah
9:1; 13:17; 22:10; 22:10; 22:10; 31:25; 41:6; 48:32; 48:32; 50:4
Lamentations
1:2; 1:2; 1:16; 1:16
Ezekiel
8:14; 24:16; 24:16; 24:23; 27:31
Hosea
4:5; 12:5
Joel
1:5; 1:5; 2:17
Micah
1:10; 1:10
Zechariah
7:3