בכי
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ב־כ־ה (b-k-h) |
Compare בָּכָה (bakhá, “to cry, to weep”) and Arabic بكاء.
Noun[edit]
בֶּכִי • (békhi) m (no plural forms) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- (uncountable) crying, weeping
- Tanach, Esther 4:3, with translation of the American Standard Version:
- […] אֵבֶל גָּדוֹל לַיְּהוּדִים וְצוֹם וּבְכִי וּמִסְפֵּד שַׂק וָאֵפֶר יֻצַּע לָרַבִּים׃
- […] 'ével gadól lay'hudím v'tzóm uv'khí umispéd sáq va'éfer yutzá' larabím.
- […] there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.