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Ezra 8:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7121 Then I proclaimed ואקרא

H8033 there שׁם

H6685 a fast צום

H5921 at על

H5104 the river הנהר

H163 Ahava אהוא

H6031 that we might afflict ourselves להתענות

H6440 before לפני

H430 our God אלהינו

H1245 to seek לבקשׁ

H4480 of ממנו

H1870 way דרך

H3477 him a right ישׁרה

H2945 for us and for our little ones לנו ולטפנו

H3605 and for all ולכל

H7399 our substance רכושׁנו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Then

H7121 proclaimed

H6685 fast

H8033 there

H5921 at

the

H5104 river

H4480 of

H163 Ahava

that

might

afflict

H6031 ourselves

H6440 before

our

H430 God

H1245 seek

H4480 of

him

H3477 right

H1870 way

for

and

for

our

little

H2945 ones

and

for

H3605 all

our

H7399 substance

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1245

Hebrew: בָּקַשׁ

Transliteration: bâqash

Pronunciation: baw-kash'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {ask} {beg} {beseech} {desire} {enquire} {get} make {inquisition} {procure} (make) {request} {require} seek (for).

Definition:

to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after

1. to seek, require, desire, exact, request

a. (Piel)

1. to seek to find

2. to seek to secure

3. to seek the face

4. to desire, demand

5. to require, exact

6. to ask, request

b. (Pual) to be sought

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906