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H1245בָּקַשׁba.qash
to seekPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נָּה (תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑) te.vak.She. “you sought”
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
תְּבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ te.va.Kesh “are you seeking”
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “[am] seeking”
Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ (תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑) te.vak.She. “you will require”
Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.
וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”
Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.
וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”
And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.
הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖ים (מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים) m.vak.Shim “sought”
Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.
וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֖שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”
Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.
מְבַקְשִׁ֑ים me.vak.Shim “[are] requesting”
Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ me.va.Kesh “[one who] sought”
Do not go after those who make use of spirits, or wonder-workers; do not go in their ways or become unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.
תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ te.vak.Shu “you seek [them]”
Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?
וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם (בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם) vi.kash.Tem “you seek”
Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:
מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[was] seeking”
But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.
וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם (בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם) vi.kash.Tem “you will seek”
Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
בִקֵּ֗שׁ vi.Kesh “he sought”
And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.
וַיְבַקְשׁ֧וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֧וּ) y.vak.Shu “they searched”
That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;
יְבַקֵּֽשׁ׃ ye.va.Kesh “may he require”
Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.
מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “[are] seeking”
And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.
וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּ (יְבַקְשׁ֔וּ) y.vak.Shu “they searched”
Now his father and mother had no knowledge that this was the purpose of the Lord, who had the destruction of the Philistines in mind. Now the Philistines at that time were ruling over Israel.
מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[was] seeking”
In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.
מְבַקֶּשׁ־ me.va.kesh- “[was] seeking”
And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?
אֲבַקֶּשׁ־ 'a.va.kesh- “will I seek”
Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.
בַּקֵּ֖שׁ ba.Kesh “seek”
When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer fo
לְבַקֵּ֔שׁ (בַקֵּ֔שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”
And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.
לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (בַקֵּשׁ֙) va.Kesh “seek”