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Job 28:11
“He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בְּכִיBᵉkîy · bek-ee'
H1065 · Hebrew
H1065 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
- Derivation
- from H1058 (בָּכָה);
- KJV renderings
- overflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
- Grammar
- מִ֭ — preposition
- בְּכִי — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 45:2Deuteronomy 34:8Judges 21:22 Samuel 13:36Ezra 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.
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.