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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare בָּכָה (bakhá, “to cry, to weep”) and Arabic بكاء.
Noun
בֶּכִי • (békhi) m (no plural forms)
- (uncountable) crying, weeping
Tanach, Esther 4:3, with translation of the American Standard Version:[…] אֵבֶל גָּדוֹל לַיְּהוּדִים וְצוֹם וּבְכִי וּמִסְפֵּד שַׂק וָאֵפֶר יֻצַּע לָרַבִּים׃- 'ével gadól lay'hudím v'tzóm uv'khí umispéd sáq va'éfer yutzá' larabím.
- there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.