Words the Bible translates as weeping
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- klauthmosκλαυθμόςloud, audible weeping: grief cried out so it can be heard, not silent tears.
- bekhiבְּכִיweeping: the tears and the audible crying that pour out in deep sorrow
+1 more meaning
- the trickling or flowing of water (a contested reading found only in Job 28:11)
- dimahדִּמְעָהtears: the water shed in weeping, and by extension the weeping and grief itself
- bekhitבְּכִיתweepingnot studied yet
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