be.khi names weeping expressed in mourning, distress, and prayerful return.

The noun consistently denotes weeping as an expression of grief, loss, distress, or supplication: it marks mourning for Moses, widespread lament for the Jews, personal sorrow, and a call to return with fasting and mourning.

1. Weeping in mourning, distress, or supplication · dominant

   The noun names audible or visible lament in settings of loss and distress. In Deuteronomy 34:8 the APB renders the clause as the completed “days of weeping” in the mourning of Moses; in Esther 4:3 it places weeping with mourning, fasting, lamentation, sackcloth, and ashes. Jeremiah 31:15 depicts bitter weeping for children who are no more, while Joel 2:12 includes it in the call to return with fasting and mourning.

   Deuteronomy 34:8Esther 4:3Ezra 3:13Jeremiah 31:15Job 16:16Joel 2:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun with “weeping,” as in Deuteronomy 34:8, Esther 4:3, and Job 16:16; nearby clauses may also mention tears, wailing, mourning, or lamentation. Those accompanying English terms describe the verse's larger scene rather than separate renderings of the noun.