H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.

מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

מְבַקֵּ֔שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (יְבַקְשׁוּ֙) y.vak.Shu “they sought [them]”

Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?

מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”

In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an

וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֤שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he had sought”

So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

יְבַקְשׁ֞וּ ye.vak.Shu “let people seek”

So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (יְבַקְשׁוּ֙) y.vak.Shu “they sought”

Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים me.vak.Shim “[were] seeking”

But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”

And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ (בַקֶּשְׁ) va.kesh. “seek”

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the

וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ) y.vak.Shu “they have sought”

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the onl

וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ) y.vak.Shu “they have sought”

Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.

מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.

וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּ (יבַקְשׁ֣וּ) vak.Shu “they may search for”

But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ) y.vak.Shu “they searched”

And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.

תְּבַקֵּשׁ֑וּן (תְּבַקֵּשׁ֑וּ) te.va.ke.Shu “you seek”

And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י me.vak.Shei “[those who] seek”

Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.

בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ ba.ke.Shu “seek”