how to say “to cry” in Hebrew
לִבְכּוֹת
Sometimes it’s appropriate just to cry.
The Hebrew word for to cry is לִבְכּוֹת
listen and repeat, an active-simple verb of the root ב.כ.ה (b.kh.h).As the last letter of the root is a ה (h – learn to read Hebrew) – a weak letter – the end of the root changes from word to word.
For example:
הוּא בָּכָה כְּשֶׁהַכֶּלֶב שֶׁלּוֹ מֵת.
He cried when his dog died.
and
בָּכִיתִי בַּסֶּרֶט.
I cried during the movie.
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