בְּכִי
Bᵉkîy · bek-ee'
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1058 (בָּכָה);
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
- a weeping
- by analogy, a dripping
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: overflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the open hand that covers › the hand that works
The house, what is within of the open hand that covers of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּכִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with weeping5 · 17%
- weeping5 · 17%
- of weeping2 · 7%
- wept2 · 7%
- and he wept1 · 3%
- and wept1 · 3%
- sore1 · 3%
- of the weeping1 · 3%
- and weeping1 · 3%
- from overflowing1 · 3%
- of my weeping1 · 3%
- to weep1 · 3%
- with the weeping1 · 3%
- from me; i will weep1 · 3%
- to weeping1 · 3%
- a weeping1 · 3%
- from weeping1 · 3%
- continual1 · 3%
- for thee with the weeping1 · 3%
- and with weeping1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.