H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

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 your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.

בִּקֵּשׁ֩ bi.Kesh “he has sought”

Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to 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 your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.

יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ ye.vak.Shu “let them seek”

Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:

מְבַקֵּ֛שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

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

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

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [supplied: saying], Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies.

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

Abide you with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life: for with me you shall be in safeguard.

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

Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.

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

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

לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

Saul and his men went to seek him. They told David: why he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [supplied: 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 on the rocks of the wild goats.

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

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

Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your 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, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.

לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (בַקֵּשׁ֙) va.Kesh “seek”

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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי (בַקְשֵׁ֤) vak.She. “seek”

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 to his servants, Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at En-dor.

בַּקְּשׁוּ־ ba.ke.shu- “seek”

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

מְבַקְשִׁ֧ים me.vak.Shim “seeking”

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; and Yahweh has 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 on 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”