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בכה (bachah) — pictograph word study

בכה

Meaning: weep, cry, mourn

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ב Bet — value 2
House, household, within-ness; duality (2) — the first letter that can contain something letter page →
כ Kaf — value 20
Palm, covering, capacity; likeness (the prefix ke-, 'like'); twenty — the joined hands (10+10) letter page →
ה Heh — value 5
Breath, revelation, behold!; the lightest letter — being itself; the definite article that makes anything 'the' letter page →

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