H1158 בָּעָה

בָּעָה (bâʻâh), Strong’s H1158: to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask KJV: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.. Occurs 5 times.

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bâʻâh — to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask

KJV: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.

Occurs 5 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [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

Where it occurs
- Isaiah 21:12 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/21?v=12) — The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire. Come back again.”
- Isaiah 30:13 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=13) — therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes…
- Isaiah 64:1 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=1) — as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil. Make your name known to your adversaries…
- Obadiah 1:6 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/obadiah/1?v=6) — How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!