Pi`el Perfect בִּקֵּשׁ Deuteronomy 13:11 15t.; בִּקְשָׁה Ecclesiastes 7:28; Esther 2:15; suffix בִּקְשָׁתַם Hosea 2:9; בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו Songs 3:1,2; compare Songs 5:6; בִּקְשׁוּ Ezra 2:62 12t.; suffix בִּקְשֻׁנִי Isaiah 65:1 2t.; Imperfect יְבַקֵשׁ Joshua 22:23 37t.; יְבַקֶּשֿׁ Proverbs 15:14 2t.; אֲבַקְשָׁה Psalm 122:9 3t.; suffix יְבַקְשֵׁהוּ 1 Samuel 23:14 7t.; יְבַקְשׁוּ 1 Samuel 16:16 23t.; Imperative בַקֵּשׁ 1 Samuel 9:3 3t.; בַּקְּשׁוּ 1 Samuel 28:7 8t.; Infinitive לְבַקֵּשׁ 1 Samuel 10:2 29t.; Participle מְבַקֵּשׁ Genesis 37:16 23t.; plural מְבַקְשִׁים Exodus 10:11 38t.; —

1 seek to find:

a. absolute Judges 6:29; 2 Kings 2:17; Jeremiah 5:1; Ezekiel 34:6; Ecclesiastes 3:6; Ecclesiastes 8:17 (yet see Ew).

b. accusative Genesis 37:15,16; Joshua 2:22 (J) Judges 4:22; Judges 14:4; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Samuel 10:2,14,21; 1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 23:14,25; 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 26:2; 1 Samuel 27:1,4 + 1 Samuel 26:20 object a flea, but read נַפְשִׁי ᵐ5 Th We Kirkp Klo Dr; 2 Samuel 17:3,20; 1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 2:40; 1 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 2:16; 2 Kings 6:19; 1 Chronicles 4:39; 2Chronicles 22:9; Ezra 2:62 (= Nehemiah 7:64) Nehemiah 12:27; Psalm 37:25; Psalm 37:36; Psalm 119:176; Proverbs 2:4; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 23:35; Proverbs 7:28; Songs 3:1 (twice in verse); Songs 3:2 (twice in verse); Songs 5:6; Songs 6:1; Isaiah 41:12,17; Jeremiah 2:24,33; Lamentations 1:11; Ezekiel 7:25; Ezekiel 22:30; Ezekiel 34:4,16; Hosea 2:9; Nahum 3:11; Zechariah 11:16; Malachi 2:15.

c. with לְ Job 10:6.

d. accusative of thing לְ person Judges 18:1; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 28:7; 1 Kings 1:2; Ruth 3:1; Esther 2:2; Psalm 122:9; Isaiah 40:20; Lamentations 1:19; Nahum 3:7.

2 seek to secure:

a. accusative the priesthood Numbers 16:10 (P); David for king 2 Samuel 3:17; in battle 2 Samuel 5:17 (= 1 Chronicles 14:8); Psalm 27:4; Jeremiah 45:5 (compare Jeremiah 45:5); בקשׁ נפשׁ seek to take one's life Exodus 4:19 (J) 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 22:23 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 23:15; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 16:11; 1 Kings 19:10,14; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 38:13; Psalm 40:15; Psalm 54:5; Psalm 63:10; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 86:14; Proverbs 29:10; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 19:7,9; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 34:20,21; Jeremiah 38:16; Jeremiah 44:30 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 46:26; Jeremiah 49:37.

b. aim at, practise: בקשׁ רעה seek hurt of Numbers 35:23 (P) 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 25:26 (אֶל) 1 Kings 20:7; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 71:24; Esther 9:2; כזב ׳ב Psalm 4:3 compare Proverbs 17:11, שׁבר Proverbs 17:19, רצון Proverbs 11:27, טובה Nehemiah 2:10, אמונה Jeremiah 5:1, צדק, ענוה Zephaniah 2:3 (twice in verse) שׁלום Psalm 34:15, חכמה Proverbs 14:6; Ecclesiastes 7:25, בינה Daniel 8:15, דעת Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15, תורה Malachi 2:7, אהבה Proverbs 17:9, תאוה Proverbs 18:1 (ל of direct object), חשׁבנות Ecclesiastes 7:29.

c. Infinitive Exodus 4:24 (J) Jeremiah 26:21.

d. לְ & Infinitive Genesis 43:30; Exodus 2:15; Exodus 10:11 (JE) Deuteronomy 13:11; 1 Samuel 14:4; 1 Samuel 19:2,10; 1 Samuel 23:10; 2 Samuel 20:19; 2 Samuel 21:2; 1 Kings 11:22,40; Esther 2:21; Esther 3:6; Esther 6:2; Psalm 37:22; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Zechariah 6:7; Zechariah 12:9.

3 seek the face

a. of rulers 1 Kings 10:24 (= 2 Chronicles 9:23) Proverbs 29:26.

b. of God (from resorting to sacred places) Hosea 5:15; 1 Chronicles 16:11 (= Psalm 105:4) 2Chronicles 7:14; 2 Samuel 21:1; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 27:8 (twice in verse); without מְּנֵי

c. יהוה Deuteronomy 4:29; Zephaniah 1:6; Zephaniah 2:3; Hosea 3:5,5; Hosea 5:6; Exodus 33:7 (J) 1 Chronicles 16:10 (= Psalm 105:3) 2Chronicles 11:16; 20:4; Isaiah 51:1; Proverbs 28:5; Zechariah 8:21,22; Jeremiah 50:4; אלהים 2 Samuel 12:16, compare Ezekiel 8:22; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 65:1; 2Chronicles 15:4,15; Hosea 7:10; Jeremiah 29:13; Malachi 3:1; Psalm 40:17; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 69:7; Daniel 9:3; ׳דבר י Amos 8:12; שׁמך Psalm 83:17.

d. followed by Infinitive with לְ, of resort to wizards, but object not expressed Leviticus 19:34 (H).

4 desire, demand:

a. accusative 1 Chronicles 21:3.

b. accusative of thing מִן person Ezekiel 7:26; Daniel 1:20.

5. a. require, exact, accusative of thing מִיַּד person Isaiah 1:12; מִן person Nehemiah 5:12, accusative of thing Nehemiah 5:18.

b. exact equivalent or penalty for, accusative of thing, מִיַּד person Genesis 31:39; Genesis 43:9 (JE) 1 Samuel 20:16; 2 Samuel 4:11; Ezekiel 3:18,20; Ezekiel 33:8, compare דרשׁ; no object expressed Joshua 22:23 (P).

6 (late) ask, request, accusative of thing Esther 2:15; עַל of thing Nehemiah 2:4; עַל of thing מִן person Esther 7:7; Ezra 8:23; עַל of thing מִלִּפְנֵי person Esther 4:8; accusative of thing מִן person Daniel 1:8 (object clause with אשׁר), Psalm 104:21; מִן person 2 Chronicles 20:4.

Pu`al Imperfect יְבֻקַּשׁ Jeremiah 50:20, ׳וַיְב Esther 2:23; תֲּבֻקְשִׁי Ezekiel 26:21 be sought.