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H1058בָּכָהba.khah

to weepPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 16
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 8
  5. 3
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 8
  8. 2
  9. 10
  10. 15
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 5
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. 3
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 5
  19. 4
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 5
  24. 9
  25. 3
  26. 4
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. 2
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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114 occurrences in 100 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Samuel 12:21

    Then said his servants unto him: 'What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.'

    וַתֵּ֔בְךְּ (תֵּ֔בְךְּ) Te.vek “you wept”

  2. 2 Samuel 12:22

    And he said: 'While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said: Who knoweth whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?

    וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֑ה (אֶבְכֶּ֑ה) 'ev.Keh “I wept”

  3. 2 Samuel 13:36

    And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

    וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ (יִּבְכּ֑וּ) i.yiv.Ku “they wept”בָּכ֕וּ ba.Khu “they wept”

  4. 2 Samuel 15:23

    And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed over; and as the king passed over the brook Kidron, all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

    בּוֹכִים֙ bo.Khim “[were] weeping”

  5. 2 Samuel 15:30

    And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot; and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

    וּבוֹכֶ֗ה (בוֹכֶ֗ה) vo.Kheh “weeping”וּבָכֹֽה׃ (בָכֹֽה) va.Khoh “wept”

  6. 2 Samuel 19:1

    And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, thus he said: 'O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!'

    וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ (יֵּ֑בְךְּ) i.Ye.vek “he wept”

  7. 2 Samuel 19:2

    And it was told Joab: 'Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.'

    בֹּכֶ֛ה bo.Kheh “[is] weeping”

  8. 2 Kings 8:11

    And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

    וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ (יֵּ֖בְךְּ) i.Ye.vek “he wept”

  9. 2 Kings 8:12

    And Hazael said: 'Why weepeth my lord?' And he answered: 'Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their lit

    בֹכֶ֑ה vo.Kheh “weeping”

  10. 2 Kings 13:14

    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he was to die; and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said: 'My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!'

    וַיֵּ֤בְךְּ (יֵּ֤בְךְּ) i.Ye.vek “he wept”

  11. 2 Kings 20:3

    `Remember now, O LORD, I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in Thy sight.' And Hezekiah wept sore.

    וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (יֵּ֥בְךְּ) i.Ye.vek “he wept”

  12. 2 Kings 22:19

    because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become an astonishment and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept

    וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה (תִּבְכֶּ֖ה) tiv.Keh “you wept”

  13. 2 Chronicles 34:27

    because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest His words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before Me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have h

    וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ (תֵּ֣בְךְּ) Te.vek “you wept”

  14. Ezra 3:12

    But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen the first house standing on its foundation, wept with a loud voice, when this house was before their eyes; and many shouted aloud for joy;

    בֹּכִ֖ים bo.Khim “[were] weeping”

  15. Ezra 10:1

    Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

    בֹּכֶה֙ bo.Kheh “weeping”בָכ֥וּ va.Khu “they wept”

  16. Nehemiah 1:4

    And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

    וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֔ה (אֶבְכֶּ֔ה) 'ev.Keh “I wept”

  17. Nehemiah 8:9

    And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people: 'This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep.' For all the people wept, when they heard the words of t

    תִּבְכּ֑וּ tiv.Ku “you weep”בוֹכִים֙ vo.Khim “[were] weeping”

  18. Esther 8:3

    And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

    וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ (תֵּ֣בְךְּ) Te.vek “she wept”

  19. Job 2:12

    And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and threw dust upon their heads toward heaven.

    וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ (יִּבְכּ֑וּ) i.yiv.Ku “they wept”

  20. Job 27:15

    Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

    תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ tiv.Kei.nah “they will weep”

  21. Job 30:25

    If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.

    בָ֭כִיתִי Va.khi.ti “did I weep”

  22. Job 30:31

    Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

    בֹּכִֽים׃ bo.Khim “weepers”

  23. Job 31:38

    If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

    יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ (יִבְכָּיֽוּ) yiv.ka.Yu “they wept”

  24. Psalms 69:11

    And I wept with my soul with fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.

    וָאֶבְכֶּ֣ה (אֶבְכֶּ֣ה) 'ev.Keh “I wept”

  25. Psalms 78:64

    Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

    תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ tiv.Kei.nah “they wept”