{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1158",
  "lemma": "בָּעָה",
  "transliteration": "bâʻâh",
  "definition": "to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask",
  "kjv": "cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.",
  "occurrences": 5,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּעָה] vb. inquire, cause to swell or boil up",
    "Qal",
    "1. of rising desire, seek, inquire",
    "2. cause to boil up",
    "Niph. searched out; swelling, swelling out"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 21:12",
      "text": "The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/21?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 30:13",
      "text": "therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 64:1",
      "text": "as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. Make your name known to your adversaries…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Obadiah 1:6",
      "text": "How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/obadiah/1?v=6"
    }
  ],
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