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H1245בָּקַשׁba.qash
to seekPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and 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 commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
בִּקֵּשׁ֩ bi.Kesh “he has sought”
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock 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, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ ye.vak.Shu “let them seek”
But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until 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 javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin 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, saying, Let 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: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”
Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly 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 strong holds, and remained in a mountain 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 a wood.
לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”
Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a 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 hearest thou 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 coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים (מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים) m.vak.Shim “[who] seek”
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but 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 out of the middle 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 before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a 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 perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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 hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
בַּקְּשׁוּ־ ba.ke.shu- “seek”
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
מְבַקְשִׁ֧ים me.vak.Shim “seeking”
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which 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 therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ 'a.va.Kesh “will I require”