Lexical Definition

‎בְּעָא‎ bᵉʻâʼ (beh-aw') to ask ^A:V
(Aramaic) or בְּעָה bᵉʻâh (behaw'); (Aramaic), corresponding to ‎בָּעָה‎

ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.

• to seek or ask

1) to ask, seek, request, desire, pray, make petition
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to ask, request
1a2) to seek (for favour)

See Greek: αἰτέω · ἀξιόω · εὔχομαι · ζητέω

Extended Information

Aramaic of: בָּעָה

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: בָּעָה
‎בְּעָא‎ verb ask, seek, only Daniel (Biblical Hebrew ‎בעה‎ (rare)); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Dan 2:16; Dan 2:49 3 masculine plural ‎בְּעוֺ‎ vDan 2:13 1 plural ‎בְּעֵ֫ינָא‎ vDan 2:23 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִבְעֵא‎ Dan 6:8*; Dan 6:13* 1 singular ‎אֶבְעֵאֿ‎ Dan 7:16 Infinitive ‎לְמִבְעֵא‎ Dan 2:18 Participle ‎בָּעֵא‎ Dan 6:12*; Dan 6:14*, plural ‎בָּעַ֫יִן‎ v.Dan 6:5* —

1. ask, request, with ‎מִן‎ person Dan 2:16 (object clause with ‎דִּי‎), vDan 2:49; Dan 7:16 (+ accusative of thing); ask of God Dan 2:23 (+ id.), of God or man Dan 6:8* (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), v.Dan 6:13* with ‎מִןקֳֿדָם‎ of God Dan 2:18 (accusative of thing); = pray, ‎׳‎‎וּמִתְחַנֵּקֳדָם א‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Dan 6:12*, ‎׳‎‎ב‎ v.Dan 6:14*.

2. seek, accusative of person Dan 2:13, accusative of thing Dan 6:5*. Pa`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יְבַעוֺן‎ (K^{§ 47, 3}); M^{on the passage} conjecture ‎יִבְעוֺן‎) Dan 4:33* resort (for favours) to, ‎ל‎ person

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