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Lexicon :: Strong's H1058 - bāḵâ

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בָּכָה
Transliteration
bāḵâ
Pronunciation
baw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 243

Strong’s Definitions

בָּכָה bâkâh, baw-kaw'; a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan:—× at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, × more, mourn, × sore, × with tears, weep.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 114x

The KJV translates Strong's H1058 in the following manner: weep (98x), bewail (5x), sore 3 (inf. for emphasis) mourned (2x), all 1 (inf), complain (1x), lamentation (1x), more 1 (inf.), weep over (1x), tears (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 114x
The KJV translates Strong's H1058 in the following manner: weep (98x), bewail (5x), sore 3 (inf. for emphasis) mourned (2x), all 1 (inf), complain (1x), lamentation (1x), more 1 (inf.), weep over (1x), tears (1x).

  1. to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears

    1. (Qal)

      1. to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy)

      2. to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.)

      3. to weep upon (embrace and weep)

      4. to bewail

    2. (Piel) participle

      1. lamenting

      2. bewailing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּכָה bâkâh, baw-kaw'; a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan:—× at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, × more, mourn, × sore, × with tears, weep.
STRONGS H1058: Abbreviations
† בָּכָה 114 verb weep, bewail (Arabic بَكَى, Aramaic בְּכָא, Txkb, Assyrian bakû ZimBP 23, 56, Ethiopic በከየ፡) —
Qal Perfect בּ׳ Genesis 43:14; Hosea 12:5; וּבָֽכְתָה consecutive Deuteronomy 21:13; בָּכִ֫יתִּי Job 30:25, etc.; Imperfect וַיֵּבְךְ Genesis 37:35 + 16 times (וַיֵּבְךְּ Genesis 27:28 etc.); 3rd person feminine singular תִּבְכֶּה 1 Samuel 1:10 + 2 times; וַתִּבְכֶּה 1 Samuel 1:7, וַתֵּבְךְּ Genesis 21:16 (where Greek Version of the LXX masculine compare Di) + 4 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבְכֶּה Isaiah 30:19; Ezekiel 24:16; וַתִּבְכֶּה 2 Kings 22:19, וַתֵּבְךְּ 2 Samuel 12:21; 2 Chronicles 34:27; 2nd person feminine singular תִּבְכִּי 1 Samuel 1:8; אֶבְכֶּה Judges 11:37 + 4 times; וָאֶבְכֶּה 2 Samuel 12:22 + 2 times; יִבְכּוּ Leviticus 10:6 + 3 times; יִבְכָּי֑וּן Job 31:38; Isaiah 33:7; 3rd person feminine plural תִּבְכֶּינָה Job 27:15; Psalm 78:64; וַתִּב׳ Ruth 1:9, 14, etc.; Imperative plural בְּכוּ Jeremiah 22:10; Joel 1:5; בְּכֶינָה 2 Samuel 1:24; Infinitive absolute בָּכוֺ Isaiah 30:19 + 3 times + Micah 1:10 (where read בְּעַכּוֺ, see עכו); בָּכֹה 1 Samuel 1:10 + 3 times; construct לִבְכּוֺת Genesis 43:30 + 3 times; לִבְכֹּתָהּ Genesis 23:2; Participle בֹּכֶה (בּוֺכֶה) Exodus 2:6 + 6 times; feminine singular בּוֺכִיָּה Lamentations 1:16; plural בֹּכִים (בּו׳) Ezra 3:12 +, etc.; —
1. weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy), absolute Genesis 42:24; Genesis 43:30 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:6; Numbers 11:4, 10; Numbers 14:1; 1 Samuel 1:7, 8, 10; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 30:4 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Samuel 15:30 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 19:1; 2 Samuel 19:2; 2 Kings 8:11, 12; Isaiah 30:19 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 41:6; Jeremiah 50:4; Ezekiel 24:16, 23; Lamentations 1:2; Zechariah 7:3; Joel 1:5; Joel 2:17; Psalm 78:64; Psalm 126:6; compare Psalm 69:11 (but on text see Che) Job 27:15; Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to laugh שׂחק) Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 8:9; Esther 8:3; once with inanimate subject Job 31:38 תְּלָמֶיהָ יִב׳ its furrows weep; on Nehemiah 1:4 יָשַׁבְתִּי וָאֶבְכֶּה compare Assyrian attašab abakî, Flood130ed. Dl Gu§ 77 HptBAS i. 145; of loud weeping נָשָׂא הַקּוֺל וַיִּב׳ Genesis 21:16; Genesis 27:38; Genesis 29:11; Judges 2:4; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 24:17; 2 Samuel 3:32; 2 Samuel 13:36; Job 2:12; Ruth 1:9, 14, compare בְּאָזְנֵי י׳ בּ׳ Numbers 11:18, also Job 30:31.
2. with accusative of congnate meaning with verb בְּכִי Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3, compare בִּבְכִי Isaiah 16:9, מִבְּכִי Jeremiah 48:32, & חַרְבֶּה בֶּכֶה בּ׳ Ezra 10:1; followed by קוֺל גָּדוֺל 2 Samuel 15:33, compare בקול גדול בּ׳ Ezra 3:12; weep bitterly מַר יִב׳ Isaiah 33:7; also with infinitive absolute weep intensely, grievously 1 Samuel 1:10; Jeremiah 22:10; Lamentations 1:2, compare Isaiah 30:19 & Micah 1:10 (but on text see above).
3. followed by עַל weep upon, i.e. embrace and weep, עַל־צואריו Genesis 45:14; Genesis 46:29; compare Genesis 45:15; Genesis 50:1; also עַ־פָּנָיו בּ׳ 2 Kings 13:14; see further Genesis 33:4; Genesis 45:14 & וַיִּבְכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ 1 Samuel 20:41; also followed by עַל weep over, for Judges 11:37, 38; 2 Samuel 3:34; Lamentations 1:16; followed by אֶֹל־ 2 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 3:32; Ezekiel 27:31; followed by לְ Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 48:32; Job 30:25; followed by מִפְּנִי because of Jeremiah 13:17; followed by temporal clause (of occasion of weeping) Genesis 50:17; Psalm 137:1; Nehemiah 8:9.
4. followed by accusative bewail Genesis 23:2; Genesis 37:35; Genesis 50:3; Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 21:13; Deuteronomy 34:8; Jeremiah 8:23 [Jeremiah 9:1], compare Isaiah 16:9.
5. followed by עַל in sense of burden, annoy with weeping Numbers 11:13; Judges 14:16, 17 compare לִפְנֵי Numbers 11:20.
6. לִפְנֵי י׳ בּ׳ of penitent weeping Judges 20:23 (compare Be; see also Judges 21:2) Deuteronomy 1:45; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 34:27, compare also Numbers 25:6; joined with fasting Judges 20:26; 2 Samuel 12:21, 22 compare Ezra 10:1; so of weeping in anxious entreaty Hosea 4:5; on participle as proper name Judges 2:1, 5 see בֹּכִים below.
Pi. Participle feminine singular מְבַכָּה lament Jeremiah 31:25 followed by עַל; bewail, plural מְבַכּוֺת followed by accusative Ezekiel 8:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:16; 21:16; 23:2; 23:2; 27:28; 27:38; 29:11; 33:4; 37:35; 37:35; 42:24; 43:14; 43:30; 43:30; 45:14; 45:14; 45:15; 46:29; 50:1; 50:3; 50:17

Exodus

2:6; 2:6

Leviticus

10:6; 10:6

Numbers

11:4; 11:10; 11:13; 11:18; 11:20; 14:1; 20:29; 25:6

Deuteronomy

1:45; 21:13; 21:13; 34:8

Judges

2:1; 2:4; 2:5; 11:37; 11:37; 11:38; 14:16; 14:17; 20:23; 20:26; 21:2; 21:2; 21:2

Ruth

1:9; 1:9; 1:14; 1:14

1 Samuel

1:7; 1:7; 1:8; 1:8; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 11:4; 11:5; 20:41; 24:17; 30:4

2 Samuel

1:12; 1:24; 1:24; 3:16; 3:32; 3:32; 3:34; 12:21; 12:21; 12:22; 12:22; 13:36; 13:36; 13:36; 15:30; 15:33; 19:1; 19:2

2 Kings

8:11; 8:12; 13:14; 20:3; 22:19; 22:19

2 Chronicles

34:27; 34:27

Ezra

3:12; 3:12; 10:1; 10:1; 10:1

Nehemiah

1:4; 8:9; 8:9

Esther

8:3

Job

2:12; 27:15; 27:15; 30:25; 30:25; 30:31; 31:38; 31:38

Psalms

69:11; 78:64; 78:64; 126:6; 137:1

Ecclesiastes

3:4

Isaiah

16:9; 16:9; 30:19; 30:19; 30:19; 30:19; 33:7; 33:7; 38:3

Jeremiah

9:1; 13:17; 22:10; 22:10; 22:10; 31:25; 41:6; 48:32; 48:32; 50:4

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 1:16; 1:16

Ezekiel

8:14; 24:16; 24:16; 24:23; 27:31

Hosea

4:5; 12:5

Joel

1:5; 1:5; 2:17

Micah

1:10; 1:10

Zechariah

7:3

H1058

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Strong's Number H1058 matches the Hebrew בָּכָה (bāḵâ),
which occurs 116 times in 100 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - And Esau saith unto his father, 'One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;' and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:11 - And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4 - and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:1 - And Joseph falleth on his father's face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:3 - and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, 'Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - And the rabble who are in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, 'Who doth give us flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - And Moses heareth the people weeping by its families, each at the opening of his tent, and the anger of Jehovah burneth exceedingly, and in the eyes of Moses it is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - 'And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow, and ye have eaten flesh (for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who doth give us flesh? for we had good in Egypt) -- and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - unto a month of days, till that it come out from your nostrils, and it hath become to you an abomination; because that ye have loathed Jehovah, who is in your midst, and weep before Him, saying, Why is this? -- we have come out of Egypt!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:1 - And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:29 - and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days -- all the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - And lo, a man of the sons of Israel hath come, and bringeth in unto his brethren the Midianitess, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the company of the sons of Israel, who are weeping at the opening of the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:45 - 'And ye turn back and weep before Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not hearkened to your voice, nor hath he given ear unto you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and hath dwelt in thy house, and bewailed her father and her mother a month of days, and afterwards thou dost go in unto her and hast married her, and she hath been to thee for a wife:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses are completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - And she saith unto her father, 'Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38 - And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - And Samson's wife weepeth for it, and saith, 'Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it;' and he saith to her, 'Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared it -- and to thee I declare it!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - And she weepeth for it the seven days in which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth it to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, 'Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?' And Jehovah saith, 'Go up against him.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:26 - And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;' and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 - And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 - And Elkanah her husband saith to her, 'Hannah, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why is thy heart afflicted? am I not better to thee than ten sons?'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:10 - And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, 'What -- to the people, that they weep?' and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:16 - And it cometh to pass, when David completeth to speak these words unto Saul, that Saul saith, 'Is this thy voice, my son David?' and Saul lifteth up his voice, and weepeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - And David lifteth up -- and the people who are with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:12 - and they mourn, and weep, and fast till the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:24 - Daughters of Israel! for Saul weep ye, Who is clothing you in scarlet with delights. Who is lifting up ornaments of gold on your clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - and her husband goeth with her, going on and weeping behind her, unto Bahurim, and Abner saith unto him, 'Go, turn back;' and he turneth back.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - And they bury Abner in Hebron, and the king lifteth up his voice, and weepeth at the grave of Abner, and all the people weep;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil -- Thou hast fallen!' and all the people add to weep over him.

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