H1245–בָּקַשׁ–ba.qash

Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?

יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ ye.va.Kesh “does he seek”

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

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

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”

After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

לְבַקֵּ֕שׁ (בַקֵּ֕שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

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

All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.

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

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

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

He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.

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

These sought their register [ergänzt: among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they searched”

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

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (בַקֵּ֤שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.

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

So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

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

Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ me.va.Kesh “requesting”

When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “seek”

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

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

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

בִקַּ֔שְׁתִּי vi.Kash.ti “I sought”

These sought their register [ergänzt: among] those who were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.

בִּקְשׁ֧וּ bik.Shu “they sought”

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

בִּקְשׁ֤וּ bik.Shu “people sought”

Then said the king's servants who ministered to him, Let there be beautiful young virgins sought for the king:

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ ye.vak.Shu “let people seek”

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.

בִקְשָׁה֙ vik.Shah “she requested”

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

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

When inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, 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 the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to charge her that she should go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (בַקֵּ֥שׁ) va.Kesh “request”

It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those who kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

בִּקְשׁוּ֙ bik.Shu “they had sought”