The noun bechi (from the root bakah, 'to weep') denotes the act of weeping, crying, or lamenting. It is used to describe grief over personal loss, communal disaster, repentance, and even the joy-overwhelmed weeping of reunion and worship.
Bechi runs through Scripture as a mark of authentic human experience before God. The Psalms freely voice weeping as prayer (Psalm 30:5; 126:5–6). The prophets called Israel to genuine tears of repentance rather than empty ritual (Joel 2:12). Most gloriously, the eschatological promise is the removal of all bechi — God himself will wipe every tear from every eye (Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 21:4), making present weeping a foretaste of future redemption.