Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H1245בָּקַשׁba.qash
to seekPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י me.vak.Shei “[those who] seek”וּמְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ) me.va.Kesh “[one who] sought”
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.'
תְּבַקֶּשׁ־ te.va.kesh- “you are seeking”תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ te.va.Kesh “you seek [them]”
and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י me.vak.Shei “[those who] seek”
And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even My fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;
מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י me.vak.Shei “[those who] seek”
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek the LORD their God.
יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ ye.va.Ke.shu “they will seek”
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none, and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
יְבֻקַּ֞שׁ ye.vu.Kash “it will be sought”
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul. 'See, O LORD, and behold, how abject I am become.'
מְבַקְּשִׁ֣ים me.va.ke.Shim “[are] seeking”
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and mine elders perished in the city, while they sought them food to refresh their souls.
בִקְשׁ֥וּ vik.Shu “they sought”
When I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.
אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ 'a.va.Kesh “I will require”
Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall no
אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ 'a.va.Kesh “I will require”
Horror cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
וּבִקְשׁ֥וּ (בִקְשׁ֥וּ) vik.Shu “they will seek”
Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
וּבִקְשׁ֤וּ (בִקְשׁ֤וּ) vik.Shu “they will seek”
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the breach before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ (אֲבַקֵּ֣שׁ) 'a.va.Kesh “I sought”
I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.'
וּֽתְבֻקְשִׁ֗י (תְבֻקְשִׁ֗י) te.vuk.Shi “you may be sought”
When I say unto the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.
אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ 'a.va.Kesh “I will require”
The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force have ye rul
בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֑ם vi.kash.Tem “you have sought”
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, yea, upon all the face of the earth were My sheep scattered, and there was none that did search or seek.
מְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ me.va.Kesh “[is one who] seeks”
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice.
אֲבַקֵּשׁ֙ 'a.va.Kesh “I will seek”
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the officers that he might not defile himself.
וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (יְבַקֵּשׁ֙) y.va.Kesh “he requested”
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.
בִּקֵּ֥שׁ bi.Kesh “he sought”
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה (אֲבַקְשָׁ֣) 'a.vak.Sha “I sought”
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”
And she shall run after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them, and she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say: 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'
וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם (בִקְשָׁ֖תַ) vik.Sha.ta “she will seek”
afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days.
וּבִקְשׁוּ֙ (בִקְשׁוּ֙) vik.Shu “they will seek”
With their flocks and with their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them.
לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”