Allon-bachuth — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת

אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת

ʼAllôwn Bâkûwth · pronounced al-lone' baw-kooth' · Strong's H439 · a place

Allon-bachuth means oak of weeping.

Built from

אַלּוֹן ʼallôwn (from, H437) — a variation of H436 open in the lexicon ›

בְּכִית bᵉkîyth (a variation of, H1068) — a weeping open in the lexicon ›

from H437 and a variation of H1068; oak of weeping; Allon-Bakuth, a monumental tree.

Gen 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.