בְּכִי (bĕkî) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning weeping. It appears
28 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1065).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 243b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 243b)weeping; dripping; overflowing, wept
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בְּכִיnoun, masculine: weeping
Strong's H1065בְּכִי: a weeping; by analogy, a dripping KJV:overflowing, × sore, (continual) weeping, wept.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 243: בָּכָהbākâ — weep, bewail; weep bitterly, weep upon; lament; bemoan; complain, make lamentation, mourn