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Psalms 69:11

“I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּכָהbâkâh · baw-kaw'
H1058 · Hebrew

Definition: to weep; generally to bemoan
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
Grammar: וָ — conjunction
אֶבְכֶּ֣ה — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vqw1cs
Usage: Occurs 116 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:16 Genesis 23:2 Genesis 27:38 Genesis 29:11 Genesis 33:4

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 בָּכָה here.

Verse 10 Verse 12

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.