H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they sought him, he could not be found.

וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (יְבַקְשֻׁ֖) y.vak.Shu. “they sought”

But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the LORD hath sought him a man after His own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.'

בִּקֵּשׁ֩ bi.Kesh “he has sought”

And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

בִּקֵּ֤שׁ bi.Kesh “he sought”

Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.'

יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ ye.vak.Shu “let them seek”

And Jonathan told David, saying: 'Saul my father seeketh to slay thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself.

מְבַקֵּ֛שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall; and David fled, and escaped that night.

וַיְבַקֵּ֨שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֨שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan: 'What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?'

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: 'The LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.'

וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ (בִקֵּ֣שׁ) vi.Kesh “he will require”

Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.'

יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

Then said David: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, Thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּ (יְבַקְשֵׁ֤) y.vak.She. “he sought”

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

לְבַקֵּשׁ֒ (בַקֵּשׁ֒) va.Kesh “seek [him]”

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And David said to Saul: 'Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying: Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord,

וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים (מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים) m.vak.Shim “[who] seek”

And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'

לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (בַקֵּשׁ֙) va.Kesh “seek”

And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel;

לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי (בַקְשֵׁ֤) vak.She. “seek”

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he sought no more again for him.

לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ׃ (בַקְשֽׁ) vak.Sh “seek”

Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by a ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him: 'Behold, there is a woman that divineth by a ghost at En-dor.'

בַּקְּשׁוּ־ ba.ke.shu- “seek”

And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying: 'In times past ye sought for David to be king over you;

מְבַקְשִׁ֧ים me.vak.Shim “seeking”

And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: 'Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.'

בִּקֵּ֖שׁ bi.Kesh “he sought”

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?'

אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ 'a.va.Kesh “will I require”