H1068 H1068
his weeping, the days of weeping for him (mourning period)
Genesis 50:4 describes the mourning period for Jacob: 'when the days of his weeping (בְכִיתוֹ) were past.' This refers to the seventy-day Egyptian embalming and mourning period for Jacob in Egypt. The noun with pronominal suffix emphasizes that these were days specifically devoted to weeping for him. The extensive mourning period reflects both Jacob's importance and Egyptian customs that Joseph, as vizier, could command for his father.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Genesis 50:4's 'the days of weeping for him' (יְמֵי בְכִיתוֹ) designates Jacob's official mourning period in Egypt (seventy days total). Spanish 'su llanto' (his weeping), English 'weeping for him,' German 'seines Beweinens' capture the possessive relationship. The noun בְּכִית with suffix makes this personal—days of weeping specifically for Jacob. The long mourning period (forty days embalming plus thirty additional) shows the honor accorded to Joseph's father in Egypt. 1×
AR["بُكَائِهِ"]·ben["তার-কাঁদার"]·DE["seines-Beweinens"]·EN["weeping-his"]·FR["weeping-son"]·heb["בכיתו-ו"]·HI["रोने-उसके"]·ID["tangisannya"]·IT["weeping-suo"]·jav["tangisan-nipun"]·KO["그의-애곡의"]·PT["choro-seu"]·RU["плача-по-нём"]·ES["su-llanto"]·SW["ya-kumligia"]·TR["yasının"]·urd["رونے-اس-کے-کے"]
Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [בְּכִית] n.f. weeping Gn 50:4 ימי בְכִיתוֹ, i.e. the appointed time of mourning for him.