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title: בֹּכִים — Bochim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֹּכִים (1066), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Bochim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֹּכִים

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«בֹּכִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Bochim** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1066 · **BDB:** בֹּכִים

### Glosses

Bokim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Bochim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1066/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1066/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. near Pethel, אל־הַבֹּכִים Ju 2:1, בֹּכִים v 5 (cf. v 4); 𝔊 2:1 τὸν Κλαυθμῶνα καὶ ἐμὶ Βαιθηλ; v 5 Κλαυθμῶνες i.e. בְּכָיִם (𝔊L Κλαυθμών);—on poss. connex. with אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת Gn 35:8 cf. Stu \& WeBleek’s Einl. ed. 4, 183, Comp. Hex. 1889, 215; but perhaps read ביתאל instead of בכים in v 1, cf. We BuRS 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֹּכִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1066/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.2.5/)

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וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בֹּכִ֑ים וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁ֖ם לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.called the.name of the.place (the) that Bokim and they.sacrificed there to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.

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[Judges 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.2.1/)

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וַיַּ֧עַל מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָ֛ה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּ֖ל אֶל־הַבֹּכִ֑יםפ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אַעֲלֶ֨ה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וָאָבִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ לַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וָאֹמַ֕ר לֹֽא־אָפֵ֧ר בְּרִיתִ֛י אִתְּכֶ֖ם לְעוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.up the.angel of.Yahweh from (the) Gilgal to (the) Bokim and he.said I.brought.up you from Egypt and I.brought you into the land which I.swore to ancestors your and I.said not I.will.break covenant my with you forever of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said: '...I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said: I will never break My covenant with you;

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