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Jeremiah 31:9

“They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בְּכִיBᵉkîy · bek-ee'
H1065 · Hebrew

Definition: a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
Derivation: from H1058 (בָּכָה);
KJV renderings: overflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Grammar: בִּ — preposition
בְכִ֣י — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 45:2 Deuteronomy 34:8 Judges 21:2 2 Samuel 13:36 Ezra 3:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בְּכִי here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.