בְּכִי
Used: 30 times · Key: 1065 · BDB: בְּכִי
Glosses
weeping (22); of.the.weeping (2); the.weeping (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
weeping tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. weeping tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Ju 21:2 weeping—בְּכִי Ju 21:2 + 20 times (also cstr. Dt 34:8, etc.); בִּבְכִ֑י Gn 45:2; בֶּ֑כִי Is 15:2 + 6 times; sf. בִּכְי֑י ψ 6:9;—weeping ψ 30:6 Is 15:2, 5; as acc. cogn. (c. בכה) Ju 21:2; 2 S 13:36; 2 K 20:3 = Is 38:3 cf. Is 16:9 (בבכי) Je 48:32 (מבכי); audible קול ב׳ ψ 6:9 Is 65:19; Ezr 3:13 cf. Je 3:21; 31:16; Is 15:3 (ייליל יֹרֵד בבכי v. Je 9:17); so also Gn 45:2 (ויתן את־קלו בב׳) & Je 48:5 (בבכי יעלה בכי i.e. the sound of it shall ascend)—but text here suspicious, cf. Is 15:5; as disfiguring Jb 16:16; ‖ words of mourning Est 4:3 (אֵבֶל, צוֹם, מִסְפֵּד), Je 31:9 (תחנונים cf. 3:21), 9:10; 31:15 (נהי), cf. בכי אבל משׁה Dt 34:8 & Di ad loc.; contrition (humiliation) Jo 2:12 (צום, מִסְפֵּד), Is 22:12 (מספד, קרחה, חגור שׂק), cf. Mal 2:13 (אנקה, דמעה); of bitter weeping Is 22:4 אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּ֑כִי, cf. Je 31:15 (& Is 33:7); בכי יעזר Is 16:9; Je 48:32 i.e. Yaʿzer in Moab, cf. יעזר n.pr.; ψ 102:10 (שׁקוי בב׳ מסכתי cf. 42:4; 80:6 & Bab. dîmtu maštîtî, tears (were) my drink ZimBP 34, 42). Trop., of trickling streams (נהרות) in mines—hindrance to miners Jb 28:11.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «בְּכִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּיֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃פ
Word for word: from weeping rivers he.restrains and what.is.hidden he.brings.out light
JPS 1917: He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
פָּנַ֣י חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃
Word for word: face my they.are.reddened from weeping and.[is] on eyelids my deep.darkness
JPS 1917: My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
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