{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1246",
  "lemma": "בַּקָּשָׁה",
  "transliteration": "baqqâshâh",
  "definition": "a petition",
  "kjv": "request.",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1245",
      "lemma": "בָּקַשׁ",
      "transliteration": "bâqash",
      "meaning": "to search out",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1245"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בַּקָּשָׁה] n.m. request, entreaty"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:3",
      "text": "Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:6",
      "text": "The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request?…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:7",
      "text": "Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:8",
      "text": "If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 7:2",
      "text": "The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/7?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 7:3",
      "text": "Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/7?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 9:12",
      "text": "The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/9?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 7:6",
      "text": "this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the Torah of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/7?v=6"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1246",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
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}