בָּעָה (ba.ah) means “to enquire” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּעָה · ba.ah · to enquire
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seek, enquire 1a2) to cause to boil up 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out 1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
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a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
KJV glosses: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a bulge | 1 |
| sought out | 1 |
| then inquire | 1 |
| to boil | 1 |
| you would inquire | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| enquire | 1 |
| if ye will enquire | 1 |
| swelling out | 1 |
| things sought up | 1 |
| to boil | 1 |
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The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
Read word by wordthis iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
Read word by wordas fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 64.1
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
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