H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

And he caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, and the family of Matri was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken. And they sought him, but he was not to be found.

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

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.

בִּקֵּשׁ֩ bi.Kesh “he has sought”

Now between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side; and the name of the one [ergänzt: was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

בִּקֵּ֤שׁ bi.Kesh “he sought”

Let our lord now speak; thy servants are before thee: they shall seek out a man, a skilful player on a harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

יְבַקְשׁ֕וּ ye.vak.Shu “let them seek”

But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee; and now, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place and hide thyself;

מְבַקֵּ֛שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And Saul sought to smite David and the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.

וַיְבַקֵּ֨שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֨שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And Jonathan made [ergänzt: a covenant] with the house of David, [ergänzt: saying,] Let Jehovah even require [ergänzt: it] at the hand of David's enemies!

וּבִקֵּ֣שׁ (בִקֵּ֣שׁ) vi.Kesh “he will require”

Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.

יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ye.va.Kesh “he seeks”

Then said David, Jehovah, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

מְבַקֵּ֥שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

וַיְבַקְשֵׁ֤הוּ (יְבַקְשֵׁ֤) y.vak.She. “he sought”

And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (בַקֵּ֣שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And Saul and his men went to seek [ergänzt: him]. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard [ergänzt: that], and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

לְבַקֵּשׁ֒ (בַקֵּשׁ֒) va.Kesh “seek [him]”

And Saul took three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And David said to Saul, Why dost thou listen to words of men, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ me.va.Kesh “[is] seeking”

And now, my lord, [ergänzt: as] Jehovah liveth, and [ergänzt: as] thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah has restrained thee from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים (מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים) m.vak.Shim “[who] seek”

And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling.

וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains.

לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (בַקֵּשׁ֙) va.Kesh “seek”

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי (בַקְשֵׁ֤) vak.She. “seek”

And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.

לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ׃ (בַקְשֽׁ) vak.Sh “seek”

Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a spirit of Python, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.

בַּקְּשׁוּ־ ba.ke.shu- “seek”

Now Abner had communicated with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David aforetime to be king over you;

מְבַקְשִׁ֧ים me.vak.Shim “seeking”

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, thine enemy who sought thy life; and Jehovah has given to my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.

בִּקֵּ֖שׁ bi.Kesh “he sought”

how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? and should I not now demand his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ 'a.va.Kesh “will I require”