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Bochim

Biblical
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A place whose name means “weepers,” where Israel wept after an angel rebuked their idolatry.

Detailed Definition
Bochim (Judges 2) marks a moment of collective repentance and divine warning. In poetry, it symbolizes the necessary grief of self-awareness, the cyclical nature of faith and failure, and the sacredness of communal lament in spiritual renewal.
Example
Example in poetry:
Bochim—“place of weeping” where Israel repented—fuels lament poetry: “At Bochim, the angel’s rebuke turned to tears”; A modern poem: “We need our Bochim—a place to stop, confess, and let the covenant renew”; In a sonnet on repentance: “Bochim’s name is weeping, but its fruit is restoration”; Historical verse: “Bochim reminds us: tears water the soil of revival.”
Additional Notes
Bochim (“weepers,” Judges 2:1–5) is where an angel rebuked Israel for idolatry, prompting collective weeping. The name captures the emotional core of covenantal failure. In poetry, Bochim symbolizes communal repentance, the grief of broken relationship, and the prophetic voice as catalyst for sorrow and renewal.
Also Known As
weepers place angelic rebuke covenant site
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