- בּוּךְ
- בּוּךְch. (b. h.; √בו or בה, v. בהי, בהל) to run to and fro, be agitated. Part. בָּיֵיךְ, f. בָּיְיכָא. Gen. R. s. 87, beg. (expl. הומיהוכ׳ Prov. 7:11) בייכא היא וטעיא Ar. (ed. שגשיא; Yalk. Prov. בוכה, corr. acc.) she runs about (revelling) Y.Taan.II, 65b (ref. to Mic. 7:4) (read:) מן גו דא אנן בָּיְיכִין ובכוןוכ׳ therefore we are now in trouble. And they wept Ruth. R. s. 3 (before I, 18) קל ברייתא בייבין (read בייכין) the sound of people runing in excitement (on business).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
