←
bky vb. to weep
GDCDt
Gpəˁalto weep2 senses▶
1
to weep
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
GenApoc 20.10↗ ובכית אנה אברם בכי תקיף‏ : I, Abram, wept a mighty weeping ; GenApoc 20.16↗ ובכית וחשית‏ : I wept silently ; TgO Gen29:11↗ וַאֲרֵים יָת קָלֵיה וֻבכָא‏ : he raised his voice and wept ; GT E Gen43:30↗ ובעה למבכי ועל לקיטונה ובכה תמן‏ : he wanted to cry, so he went in to his inner chamber and cried there ; P Gn42:24↗ ܘܐܬܦܢܝ ܡܢ ܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܘܒܟ݂ܐ‏ ; Js 5:1↗ ܘܲܒ݂ܟ݂ܲܘ ܥܲܠ ܕ݁ܘ݂ܘܵܢܸܐ̈ ܕ̇ܵܐܬ݂ܸܝܢ ܥܠܲܝܟ݁ܘ݂ܢ‏ ; BT Hag 4b(17)↗ כי מטי האי קרא בכי‏ : whenever he would come to this verse he would cry
(1)
in complaint
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Num11:18↗ אֲרֵי בְכֵיתוֹן קדם יוי‏ ; P Num11:18↗ text not cited ; PJ Num11:18↗ ארום בכיתון קדם ייי‏
2
to mourn, weep for
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Num20:29↗ ובכו ית אהרן תלתים יום‏ ; P Gn23:2↗ ܠܡܪܩܕܘ ܥܠ ܣܪܐ ܘܠܡܒܟܝܗ‏
Dpaˁˁelto weep uncontrollably3 senses▶
1
to weep uncontrollably
JLAtg, Gal, LJLA
TgJ Jer31:15var.↗ יְרוּשלַם בָכְיָא"מבכיא" עַל בְנַהָא‏ ; TN Gen23:2↗ "ולמבכייה יתיה‏ ; TgEsth108:3↗ ונפלת קדם ריגלוי ובכיאת‏
2
to lament someone
OA, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr
Nerab.2.6↗ bny rbˁ bkwny : my great-grandchildren mourned for me ; TgJ Ez8:14↗ וְהָא תַמָן נְשַיָא יָתְבָן מְבַכְיָן יָת תַמוּזָא‏ ; TN Gen23:2var.↗ ואתה אברהם למספדא לשרה \ולמבכי עלה"ולמבכייה יתיה‏ : Abraham came to mourn Sarah and to weep over her (var.: to lament her) ; SamTgJ Gen23:2↗ ואתה אברהם למספד לשרה ולמבכאתה‏ ; P Dt34:8↗ ܘܒܟܐܘܗܝ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܝܣܪܐܝܠ ܠܡܘܫܐ‏ ; P Ez8:14↗ ܡܒ̈ܟܝܢ ܠܬܡܘܙܐ‏
(1)
to lament for something
Syr
JSBhom 159:345↗ ܕܲܫܐܸܠܬܸܗ ܗܼܝ ܕܬܼܐܙܲܠ ܬܒܲܟܸܐ ܠܲܒܬܽܘܠܽܘܬܵܗ݀‏ : for she asked him for her to go and lament her virginity
3
to make to weep
Syr
ThMarg 1:358:3 ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܐܦ ܠܟܠܢܫ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܚܕܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܡܒܲܟ݁ܝܵܐ ܗ̄ܘ݂ܵܬ݂‏ : so that she even made every person around her weep
Cˀafˁelto cause to weep1 sense▶
to cause to weep
Syr, Man
P Num11:4↗ ܗܦܟܘ ܐܒܟܝܘ ܐܦ ܠܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ‏ ; GY 91:1 ↗ anhimtẖ nhimtẖ ḏˁnšia uabkitẖ kḏ ianqa : I made him groan the groan of women, and made him weep like a child ; GS 111:12↗ qala šimit ḏbr ganaiia ḏbakia umabkia ˁlania gintẖ : I heard the voice of the gardener who was weeping and making his garden’s trees weep
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto lament3 senses▶
1
to lament
CPA, Syr
P Job27:15↗ ܘܐܪ̈ܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܠܐ ܢܬܒ̈ܟܝܢ‏
2
to be allowed to weep
Syr
P Ps78:64↗ ܘܐܪ̈ܡܠܬܗܘܢ ܠܐ ܐܬܒ̈ܟܝ‏
3
to be mourned, cried over (?)
Syr
EzHex 24:16 ܠܐ ܬܬ݂ܬܪܩܕ ܘܠܐ ܬܬܒ݁ܟܐ‏ : you shall not be mourned or cried over
☛▶
🔍▶
✎▶
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 152[73]DJPA: 103aDJBA: 219bJastrow: 169Drower/Macuch: 64bPayne-Smith: 523J. Payne-Smith: 45Levy Ch-W: 1:97Tal Sam: 96DNWSI: 163DCPA[Schulthess]: 49[26a]Qumran: 34

© The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon ©
Sun, 15 Nov 2026 05:22:20 -0500