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בֹּכִים Bochim

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 72×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Judges 2:1 and last at Judges 2:5.

Judges 2:1שופטים ב:א

וַיַּעַל מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָה מִן־הַגִּלְגָּל אֶל־הַבֹּכִים וַיֹּאמֶר אַעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מִמִּצְרַיִם וָאָבִיא אֶתְכֶם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם וָאֹמַר לֹֽא־אָפֵר בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם לְעוֹלָֽם

And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said: ‘...I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said: I will never break My covenant with you;

Judges 2:5שופטים ב:ה

וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ שֵֽׁם־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בֹּכִים וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־שָׁם לַֽיהוָֽה

And they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Bochim?

Bochim — בכים in Hebrew — has a gematria of 72 in the standard method.

How many times is Bochim named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Judges 2:1.

A spelling is not a name. The written word בכים stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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