H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

The Lord has said, See, I will give up Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of those who are fighting against him and desiring to take his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, his hater, who

מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י me.vak.Shei “[those who] seek”וּמְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) me.va.Kesh “[one who] sought”

And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.

תְּבַקֶּשׁ־ te.va.kesh- “you are seeking”תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ te.va.Kesh “you seek [them]”

And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants: and later, it will be peopled as in the past, says the Lord.

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

And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:

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

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.

יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ ye.va.Ke.shu “they will seek”

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.

יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ ye.vu.Kash “it will be sought”

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

מְבַקְּשִׁ֣ים me.va.ke.Shim “[are] seeking”

I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.

בִקְשׁ֥וּ vik.Shu “they sought”

When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but

אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ 'a.va.Kesh “I will require”

Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be n

אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ 'a.va.Kesh “I will require”

Shaking fear is coming; and they will be looking for peace, and there will be no peace.

וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ (בִקְשׁ֥וּ) vik.Shu “they will seek”

Destruction will come on destruction, and one story after another; and the vision of the prophet will be shamed, and knowledge of the law will come to an end among the priests, and wisdom among the old.

וּבִקְשׁ֤וּ (בִקְשׁ֤וּ) vik.Shu “they will seek”

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ (אֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ) 'a.va.Kesh “I sought”

I will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.

וּֽתְבֻקְשִׁ֗י (תְבֻקְשִׁ֗י) te.vuk.Shi “you may be sought”

When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.

אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ 'a.va.Kesh “I will require”

You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם vi.kash.Tem “you have sought”

And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

מְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ me.va.Kesh “[is one who] seeks”

I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to de

אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ 'a.va.Kesh “I will seek”

And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (יְבַקֵּשׁ֙) y.va.Kesh “he requested”

And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.

בִּקֵּ֥שׁ bi.Kesh “he sought”

And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.

וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה (אֲבַקְשָׁ֣) 'a.vak.Sha “I sought”

And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם (בִקְשָׁ֖תַ) vik.Sha.ta “she will seek”

And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.

וּבִקְשׁוּ֙ (בִקְשׁוּ֙) vik.Shu “they will seek”

They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”