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Esther 2:23

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1245 And when inquisition was made ויבקשׁ

H1697 of the matter הדבר

H4672 it was found out וימצא

H8518 hanged ויתלו

H8147 therefore they were both שׁניהם

H5921 on על

H6086 a tree עץ

H3789 and it was written ויכתב

H5612 in the book בספר

H1697 of the chronicles דברי

H3117 הימים

H6440 before לפני

H4428 the king המלך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

when

inquisition

was

H1245 made

the

H1697 matter

was

found

H4672 out

therefore

they

were

H8147 both

H8518 hanged

H5921 on

H6086 tree

and

was

H3789 written

the

H5612 book

the

H1697 chronicles

H6440 before

the

H4428 king

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