בָּכָה

Qal Perfect ׳בּ 1 Mos 43,14; Hos 12,5 וּבָֽכְתָה consecutive 5 Mos 21,13 בָּכִ֫יתִּי Job 30,25, etc.; Imperfect וַיֵּבְךְ 1 Mos 37,35 + 16 t. (וַיֵּבְךְּ 1 Mos 27,28 etc.); 3 feminine singular תִּבְכֶּה 1 Sam 1,10 + 2 t.; וַתִּבְכֶּה 1 Sam 1,7, וַתֵּבְךְּ 1 Mos 21,16 (where ᵐ5 masculine compare Di) + 4 t.; 2 masculine singular תִּבְכֶּה Es 30,19; Ezk 24,16 וַתִּבְכֶּה 2 Kong 22,19, וַתֵּבְךְּ 2 Sam 12,21; 2 Kron 34,27 2 feminine singular תִּבְכִּי 1 Sam 1,8 אֶבְכֶּה Dom 11,37 + 4 t.; וָאֶבְכֶּה 2 Sam 12,22 + 2 t.; יִבְכּוּ 3 Mos 10,6 + 3 t.; יִבְכָּי֑וּן Job 31,38; Es 33,7 3 feminine plural תִּבְכֶּינָה Job 27,15; Sl 78,64 ׳וַתִּב Rut 1,9; Rut 1,14, etc.; Imperative plural בְּכוּ Jer 22,10; Joel 1,5 בְּכֶינָה 2 Sam 1,24 Infinitive absolute בָּכוֺ Es 30,19 + 3 t. + Mik 1,10 (where read בְּעַכּוֺ, see עכו); בָּכֹה 1 Sam 1,10 + 3 t.; construct לִבְכּוֺת 1 Mos 43,30 + 3 t.; לִבְכֹּתָהּ 1 Mos 23,2 Participle בֹּכֶה (בּוֺכֶה) 2 Mos 2,6 + 6 t.; feminine singular בּוֺכִיָּה Klg 1,16 plural בֹּכִים (׳בּו) Ezr 3,12 +, etc.; —

1. weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy), absolute 1 Mos 42,24; 1 Mos 43,30 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 2,6; 4 Mos 11,4; 4 Mos 11,10; 4 Mos 14,1; 1 Sam 1,7; 1 Sam 1,8; 1 Sam 1,10; 1 Sam 11,5; 1 Sam 30,4 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 1,12; 2 Sam 3,16; 2 Sam 13,36; 2 Sam 15,30 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 19,1; 2 Sam 19,2; 2 Kong 8,11; 2 Kong 8,12; Es 30,19 (twice in verse); Jer 41,6; Jer 50,4; Ezk 24,16; Ezk 24,23; Klg 1,2; Zak 7,3; Joel 1,5; Joel 2,17; Sl 78,64; Sl 126,6 compare Sl 69,11 (but on text see Che) Job 27,15; Praed 3,4 (opposed to laugh שׂחק) Ezr 10,1; Neh 8,9; Est 8,3 once with inanimate subject Job 31,38 ׳תְּלָמֶיהָ יִב its furrows weep; on Neh 1,4 יָשַׁבְתִּי וָאֶבְכֶּה compare Assyrian attašab abakî, Flood^{130 ed.} Dl Gu^{§ 77} Hpt^{BAS i. 145}; of loud weeping נָשָׂא ׳הַקּוֺל וַיִּב 1 Mos 21,16; 1 Mos 27,38; 1 Mos 29,11; Dom 2,4; Dom 21,2; 1 Sam 11,4; 1 Sam 24,17; 2 Sam 3,32; 2 Sam 13,36; Job 2,12; Rut 1,9; Rut 1,14, compare ׳בְּאָזְנֵי י ׳בּ 4 Mos 11,18, also Job 30,31.

2. with accusative of congnate meaning with verb בְּכִי Dom 21,2; 2 Sam 13,36; 2 Kong 20,3 = Es 38,3, compare בִּבְכִי Es 16,9, מִבְּכִי Jer 48,32, & חַרְבֶּה בֶּכֶה ׳בּ Ezr 10,1 followed by קוֺל גָּדוֺל 2 Sam 15,33, compare בקול גדול ׳בּ Ezr 3,12 weep bitterly ׳מַר יִב Es 33,7 also with infinitive absolute weep intensely, grievously 1 Sam 1,10; Jer 22,10; Klg 1,2, compare Es 30,19 & Mik 1,10 (but on text see above)

3. followed by עַל weep upon, i.e. embrace and weep, עַלצֿואריו 1 Mos 45,14; 1 Mos 46,29 compare 1 Mos 45,15; 1 Mos 50,1 also עַלפָּֿנָיו ׳בּ 2 Kong 13,14 see further 1 Mos 33,4; 1 Mos 45,14 & וַיִּבְכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ 1 Sam 20,41 also followed by עַל weep over, for Dom 11,37; Dom 11,38; 2 Sam 3,34; Klg 1,16 followed by אֶלֹֿ 2 Sam 1,24; 2 Sam 3,32; Ezk 27,31 followed by לְ Jer 22,10; Jer 48,32; Job 30,25 followed by מִפְּנִי because of Jer 13,17 followed by temporal clause (of occasion of weeping) 1 Mos 50,17; Sl 137,1; Neh 8,9.

4. followed by accusative bewail 1 Mos 23,2; 1 Mos 37,35; 1 Mos 50,3; 3 Mos 10,6; 4 Mos 20,29; 5 Mos 21,13; 5 Mos 34,8; Jer 8,23, compare Es 16,9.

5. followed by עַל in sense of burden, annoy with weeping 4 Mos 11,13; Dom 14,16; Dom 14,17 compare לִפְנֵי 4 Mos 11,20.

6. ׳לִפְנֵי י ׳בּ of penitent weeping Dom 20,23 (compare Be; see also Dom 21,2) 5 Mos 1,45; 2 Kong 22,19; 2 Kron 34,27, compare also 4 Mos 25,6 joined with fasting Dom 20,26; 2 Sam 12,21; 2 Sam 12,22 compare Ezr 10,1 so of weeping in anxious entreaty Hos 4,5 on participle as proper name Dom 2,1; Dom 2,5 see בֹּכִים below Pi`el Participle feminine singular מְבַכָּה lament Jer 31,25 followed by עַל; bewail, plural מְבַכּוֺת followed by accusative Ezk 8,14.