H1156–בְּעָא–be.a

And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

וּבְע֛וֹ (בְע֛וֹ) ve.'O “they sought”

and Daniel hath gone up, and sought of the king that he would give him time to shew the interpretation to the king.

וּבְעָ֣ה (בְעָ֣ה) ve.'Ah “he asked”

and to seek mercies from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret, that they destroy not Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

לְמִבְעֵא֙ (מִבְעֵא֙) miv.'E' “ask”

Thee, O God of my fathers, I am thanking and praising, for wisdom and might Thou hast given to me; and now, Thou hast caused me to know that which we have sought from Thee, for the king's matter Thou hast caused us to know.'

בְעֵ֣ינָא ve.'Ei.na' “we asked”

And Daniel hath sought from the king, and he hath appointed over the work of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and Daniel `is' in the gate of the king.

בְּעָ֣א be.'A' “he asked”

`At that time my understanding doth return unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my brightness doth return unto me, and to me my counsellors and my great men do seek, and over my kingdom I have been made right, and abundant greatness hath been added to me.

יְבַע֑וֹן ye.va.'on “they sought”

Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he `is' faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

בָעַ֧יִן va.'A.yin “seeking”

Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.

יִבְעֵ֣ה yiv.'Eh “he will ask”

Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;

בָּעֵ֥א ba.'E' “asking”

then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: `Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, `The thing `is' certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'

יִבְעֵה֩ yiv.'Eh “he will ask”

Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, `Daniel, who `is' of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, `any' regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'

בָּעֵ֖א ba.'E' “[he is] asking”

I have drawn near unto one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he hath said to me, yea, the interpretation of the things he hath caused me to know:

אֶבְעֵֽא־ 'ev.'e'- “I was asking”