H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

And Joab saith, `Jehovah doth add to His people as they are a hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them to my lord for servants? why doth my lord seek this? why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?'

יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “does he seek”

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

וִֽיבַקְשׁ֣וּ (יבַקְשׁ֣וּ) vak.Shu “they may seek”

and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,

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

and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father.

לְבַקֵּ֕שׁ (בַקֵּ֕שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,

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

and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about.

בִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּ (בִּקְשֻׁ֔) bik.Shu. “they had sought”

and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah.

לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And he seeketh Ahaziah, and they capture him, (and he is hiding himself in Samaria), and bring him in unto Jehu, and put him to death, and bury him, for they said, `He `is' son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart;' and there is none to the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom.

וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩ (יְבַקֵּשׁ֩) y.va.Kesh “he sought to find”

these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they searched”

And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God `is' upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath `is' upon all forsaking Him.'

מְבַקְשָׁיו֙ (מְבַקְשָׁי) me.vak.Sha “[those who] seek”

And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה (נְּבַקְשָׁ֥) ne.vak.Sha “we sought”

And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?' and I pray unto the God of the heavens,

מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “requesting”

and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And they say, `We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;

נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ ne.va.Kesh “we will require [it]”

and that which hath been prepared for one day `is' one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people.

בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי vi.Kash.ti “I sought”

These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood,

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they sought”

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, `with' cymbals, psalteries, and with harps;

בִּקְשׁ֤וּ bik.Shu “people sought”

and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “let people seek”

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther -- daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter -- to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.

בִקְשָׁה֙ vik.Shah “she requested”

In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,

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

and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.

וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁ (יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ) y.vu.Kash “it was sought”

and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who `are' in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare `it' to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “request”

and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.

בִּקְשׁוּ֙ bik.Shu “they had sought”