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Hebrew wordlink #131087

OSHB 1 Sam 13:14 בִּקֵּשׁ (biqqēsh) Strongs=1245 Lemma=‘בָּקַשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘he_has_sought’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_asked’
Morphology=Vpp3ms PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1093 TimeSeries=Reign_of_Saul

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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 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)

ECC 12:10 contextual word gloss=‘he_sought’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_asked’ OSHB ECC 12:10 word 1

OET-LV: 10 Teacher He _sought to_ words/messages _of _find delight and_that _which _was_written uprightness was_words/messages _of truth. (ECC_12:10)

OET-RV: 10 The leader searched for pleasing words, and wrote down many truthful words that would lead to godliness. (ECC 12:10)

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)