בָּכָה
ba.khah
“to weep”
Definition
to weep; generally to bemoan
a primitive root;
- to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy) 1a2) to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.) 1a3) to weep upon (embrace and weep) 1a4) to bewail 1b) (Piel) participle 1b1) lamenting 1b2) bewailing
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
בָּכָה appears 94 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months.So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
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