H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

And Joab said, Jehovah add to his people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold: are they not all, my lord O king, my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why should he become a trespass to Israel?

יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “does he seek”

and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

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

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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

-- And after them, those out of all the tribes of Israel that set their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Jehovah the God of their fathers.

לְבַקֵּ֕שׁ (בַקֵּ֕שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

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

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.

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

And Judah gathered themselves together to ask [ergänzt: help] of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.

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

And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (for he had hid himself in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And in the house of Ahaziah there was no one who was able to [ergänzt: hold] the kingdom.

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

These sought their genealogical register, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they searched”

And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

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

And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

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

And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “requesting”

And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [ergänzt: of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

And they said, We will restore [ergänzt: them], and will require nothing of them; so will we do, as thou hast said. And I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

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

And that which was prepared daily was one ox [ergänzt: and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.

בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי vi.Kash.ti “I sought”

These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they sought”

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to hold the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [ergänzt: with] cymbals, lutes and harps.

בִּקְשׁ֤וּ bik.Shu “people sought”

Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “let people seek”

And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained grace in the sight of all them that saw her.

בִקְשָׁה֙ vik.Shah “she requested”

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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

And the matter was investigated and found out; and they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

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

But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

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

And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [ergänzt: it] to Esther, and to declare [ergänzt: it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “request”

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, keepers of the threshold, who had sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus.

בִּקְשׁוּ֙ bik.Shu “they had sought”