H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?

יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “does he seek”

If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.

וִֽיבַקְשׁ֣וּ (יבַקְשׁ֣וּ) vak.Shu “they may seek”

And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים me.vak.Shim “[were] seeking”

And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

לְבַקֵּ֕שׁ (בַקֵּ֕שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

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

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

בִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּ (בִּקְשֻׁ֔) bik.Shu. “they had sought”

And Judah came together to make prayer for help from the Lord; from every town of Judah they came to give worship to the Lord.

לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (בַקֵּ֖שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose hear

וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩ (יְבַקֵּשׁ֩) y.va.Kesh “he sought to find”

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they searched”

Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

מְבַקְשָׁיו֙ (מְבַקְשָׁי) me.vak.Sha “[those who] seek”

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה (נְּבַקְשָׁ֥) ne.vak.Sha “we sought”

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “requesting”

And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement.

נְבַקֵּ֔שׁ ne.va.Kesh “we will require [it]”

Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard

בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי vi.Kash.ti “I sought”

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they sought”

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

בִּקְשׁ֤וּ bik.Shu “people sought”

Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “let people seek”

Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And E

בִקְשָׁה֙ vik.Shah “she requested”

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (יְבַקְשׁוּ֙) y.vak.Shu “they sought”

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁ (יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ) y.vu.Kash “it was sought”

But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ) y.va.Kesh “he sought”

And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer

וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “request”

It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

בִּקְשׁוּ֙ bik.Shu “they had sought”