Lexical Definition

‎בֹּכִים‎ Bôkîym (bo-keem') Bochim ^N:N--L
plural active participle of ‎בָּכָה‎; (with the article) the weepers

Bochim.

• § Bochim = "weeping"
• Bo-kim, a place in Palestine

1) a place near Gilgal (or Bethel), where sons of Israel wept

Extended Information

name of: בֵּית־אֵל

• Bochim = "weeping"
• Another name of bet-el (‎ב‎ֵּֽ‎ית‎ְ־‎א‎ֵ‎ל‎ "Bethel" בֵּית־אֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֹּכִים‎ proper name, of a location near Bethel, ‎אלהַֿבֹּכִים‎ Judg 2:1, ‎בֹּכִים‎ vJudg 2:5 (compare vJudg 2:4); ᵐ5 Judg 2:1 τὸν Κλαυθμῶνα καὶ ἐπὶ Βαιθηλ; vJudg 2:5 Κλαυθμῶνες i.e. ‎בְּכָּ יִם‎ (ᵐ5^L Κλαυθμών); — on possible connection with ‎אַלּוֺן בָּכוּת‎ Gen 35:8 compare Stu & We^{Bleek's Einl. ed. 4, 183, compare Hexateuch 1889, 215}; but perhaps read ‎ביתאל‎ instead of ‎בכים‎ in vGen 35:1, compare We Bu^RS20.

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