H1156–בְּעָא–be.a

So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

וּבְע֛וֹ (בְע֛וֹ) ve.'O “they sought”

And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king.

וּבְעָ֣ה (בְעָ֣ה) ve.'Ah “he asked”

So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

לְמִבְעֵא֙ (מִבְעֵא֙) miv.'E' “ask”

I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.

בְעֵ֣ינָא ve.'Ei.na' “we asked”

And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.

בְּעָ֣א be.'A' “he asked”

At the same time my reason came back to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my great name came back to me; and my wise men and my lords were turned to me again; and I was made safe in my kingdom and had more power than before.

יְבַע֑וֹן ye.va.'on “they sought”

Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to

בָעַ֧יִן va.'A.yin “seeking”

All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but

יִבְעֵ֣ה yiv.'Eh “he will ask”

Then these men were watching and saw Daniel making prayers and requesting grace before his God.

בָּעֵ֥א ba.'E' “asking”

Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing

יִבְעֵה֩ yiv.'Eh “he will ask”

Then they made answer and said before the king, Daniel, one of the prisoners of Judah, has no respect for you, O King, or for the order signed by you, but three times a day he makes his prayer to God.

בָּעֵ֖א ba.'E' “[he is] asking”

I came near to one of those who were waiting there, questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that he would make clear to me the sense of these things.

אֶבְעֵֽא־ 'ev.'e'- “I was asking”