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Hebrew wordlink #282009

OSHB Ecc 12:10 בִּקֵּשׁ (biqqēsh) Strongs=1245 Lemma=‘בָּקַשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘He_sought’ possible word glosses=‘He / it_asked’
Morphology=Vpp3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-977

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Other uses (4) of identical word form בִּקֵּשׁ (Morphology=Vpp3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘בִּקֵּשׁ’ (Morphology=Vpp3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘he_has_sought’, ‘he_sought’.

1 SAM 13:14 contextual word gloss=‘he_has_sought’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_asked’ OSHB 1 SAM 13:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 And_now kingdom _of_your not it _will _endure YHWH he _has _sought to_him/it a _man according_to _of_his _own _heart and_he_has _appointed _him YHWH to_ruler over people _of_his if/because not you _have _kept DOM that_which he_commanded _you YHWH. (SA1_13:14)

OET-RV: 14 But now your kingdom won’t survive. Yahweh has found a man who’s loyal to him and he’s commanded that man to lead his people, because you haven’t obeyed him. (SA1 13:14)

1 SAM 14:4 contextual word gloss=‘he_sought’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_asked’ OSHB 1 SAM 14:4 word 4

OET-LV: 4 And_between the_passes which he _sought Yōnātān to_pass _over to the _garrison _of the_Fəlishtiy the _tooth _of the _rock from_the _other_side from_this and_the _tooth _of the _rock from_the _other_side from_this and_name _of the_one was_Bōʦēʦ and_name _of the_one was_Şenneh. (SA1_14:4)

OET-RV: 4 Meanwhile, for Yonatan to get to the Philistine garrison, they had to go through a narrow pass between two cliffs. (The cliff on one side was named Botsets, and the other was named Senneh. (SA1 14:4)

2 SAM 4:8 contextual word gloss=‘he_sought’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_asked’ OSHB 2 SAM 4:8 word 20

OET-LV: 8 And_they _brought DOM the _head _of Ish- bshet to Dāvid Ḩeⱱrōn and_they _said to the_king here the _head _of Ish- bshet the _son _of Shāʼūl/(Saul) enemy _of_your who he _sought DOM life _of_your and_ YHWH _he/it _gave to_my _of_master the_king vengeance(s) the_day the_this from_Shāʼūl and_from_his _of_offspring. (SA2_4:8)

OET-RV: 8 They took Iysh-Boshet’s head to David at Hebron and told the king, “Look, here’s the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Sha’ul who tried to kill you. Today Yahweh’s given vengeance to my master the king against Sha’ul and his descendants.” (SA2 4:8)

DAN 1:20 contextual word gloss=‘he_sought’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_asked’ OSHB DAN 1:20 word 6

OET-LV: 20 And_all/each/any/every matter _of wisdom _of understanding which he _sought from_them the_king and_he/it _found_them ten hands above all _of the_magicians/soothsayers the_conjurers who in_all his/its_kingdom. (DAN_1:20)

OET-RV: 20 in every matter of wisdom and understanding which the king asked them about, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers from throughout his entire kingdom. (DAN 1:20)