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Esther 2:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 Then said ויאמרו

H5288 the king's servants נערי

H4428 for the king המלך

H8334 that ministered משׁרתיו

H1245 sought יבקשׁו

H4428 למלך

H5291 young נערות

H1330 virgins בתולות

H2896 unto him Let there be fair טובות

H4758 מראה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Then

H559 said

the

king's

H5288 servants

that

H8334 ministered

unto

him

Let

there

H2896 fair

H5291 young

H1330 virgins

H1245 sought

for

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