{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1058",
  "lemma": "בָּכָה",
  "transliteration": "bâkâh",
  "definition": "to weep; generally to bemoan",
  "kjv": "[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore…",
  "occurrences": 116,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בָּכָה 114 vb. weep, bewail",
    "Qal",
    "1. weep",
    "2. weep bitterly",
    "3. weep upon",
    "4. bewail",
    "5. in sense of burden, annoy with weeping",
    "6. of penitent weeping",
    "Pi. lament; bewail"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:16",
      "text": "She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:2",
      "text": "Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:38",
      "text": "Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 29:11",
      "text": "Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/29?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 33:4",
      "text": "Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/33?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:35",
      "text": "All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=35"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:24",
      "text": "He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:30",
      "text": "Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 45:14",
      "text": "He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 45:15",
      "text": "He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=15"
    }
  ],
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