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title: בְּכִית — weeping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּכִית (1068), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: weeping. BDB 1906: n.f. weeping. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּכִית

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«בְּכִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weeping** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1068 · **BDB:** בְּכִית

### Glosses

his.weeping (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weeping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1068/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. weeping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1068/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. weeping Gn 50:4 ימי בְכִיתוֹ, i.e. the appointed time of mourning for him.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «בְּכִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1068/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 50:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.50.4/)

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וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י בְכִית֔וֹ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֶל־בֵּ֥ית פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֕א בְּאָזְנֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.passed the.days his.weeping his and he.spoke Joseph to the.household of.Pharaoh (cmp) if please I.have.found favor in eyes your speak please in the.ears of.Pharaoh (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: 'If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:

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