בָּעָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1158

inquire — used 3 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

inquire tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּעָה: vb. inquire, cause to swell boil up tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. inquire, cause to swell or boil up (NH id.; Arabic بَغَى seek, suppurate, swell; Aramaic בְּעָא, ܒܥܳܐ seek)— Impf. 3 fs. תִּבְעֶה Is 64:1; 2 mpl. תִּבְעָיוּן Is 21:12; Imv. בְּעָיוּ Is 21:12;— of rising desire, seek, inquire, abs., of inquiring of prophet Is 21:12(×2). cause to boil up, מַיִם תִּב׳־אֵשׁ Is 64:1 (but gloss Che). Pf. נִבְעוּ Ob 6 searched out (‖ נֶחְפְּשׂוּ); Pt. נִבְעֶה Is 30:13 swelling, swelling out (of decaying wall; Di swelling, enlarging, of crack in wall).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: enquire (1); they will be searched out (1); you (1).

In the verses

Obadiah 1:6 · tree →

אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו׃

Word for word: how! they.will.be.plundered Esau they.will.be.searched.out treasures its.hidden

JPS 1917: How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!

Isaiah 21:12 · tree →

אָמַ֣ר שֹׁמֵ֔ר אָתָ֥ה בֹ֖קֶר וְגַם־לָ֑יְלָה אִם־תִּבְעָי֥וּן בְּעָ֖יוּ שֻׁ֥בוּ אֵתָֽיוּ׃ס

Word for word: he.says [the].watchman it.will.come morning and also night if you will.enquire enquire return come

JPS 1917: The watchman said: 'The morning cometh, and also the night — if ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.'

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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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