בַּקָּשָׁה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1246

request — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

request tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בַּקָּשָׁה: n.m. request, entreaty tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. request, entreaty, בַּקָּשָׁתִי Est 5:7, 8; 7:3; בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ; Est 5:3; 9:12; בַּקָּשָׁתוֹ Ezr 7:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: request (8).

In the verses

Esther 5:7 · tree →

וַתַּ֥עַן אֶסְתֵּ֖ר וַתֹּאמַ֑ר שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃

Word for word: and she.answered Esther and she.said petition my and request my

JPS 1917: Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is —

Esther 5:3 · tree →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לָּ֖ךְ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן לָֽךְ׃

Word for word: and he.said to her the king what? [is].to you O.Esther the queen and what? request [is].your up.to (the).half of the.kingdom and it.will.be.given to you

JPS 1917: Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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