STRONGS NUMBER H1156


Word Summary
bea: to ask, seek
Original Word: בְּעָא
Transliteration: bea
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to ask, seek
Meaning: to seek, ask
Strong's Concordance
ask, desire, make petition, pray, request, seek

(Aramaic) or b ah (Aramaic) {beh-aw'}; corresponding to ba'ah; to seek or ask -- ask, desire, make (petition), pray, request, seek.

see HEBREW ba'ah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1156. bea

בְּעָאverb ask, seek, only Daniel (Biblical Hebrew בעה‎ (rare)); —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳בDaniel 2:16, 49; 3masculine plural בְּעוֺ2:13; 1plural בְּעֵ֫ינָא2:23; Imperfect3masculine singular יִבְעֵא6:8; 6:13; 1singular אֶבְעֵאֿ7:16; Infinitive לְמִבְעֵא2:18; Participle בָּעֵא6:12; 6:14, plural בָּעַ֫יִן6:5; —

1 ask, request, with מִן‎ person Daniel 2:16 (object clause with דִּי‎), 2:49; 7:16 (+ accusative of thing); ask of God 2:23 (+ id.), of God or man 6:8 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 6:13; with מִןקֳֿדָם‎ of God 2:18 (accusative of thing); = pray, ׳ב א ׳וּמִתְחַנֵּקֳדָם6:12, ׳ב6:14.

2 seek, accusative of person Daniel 2:13, accusative of thing 6:5.

Pa`el Imperfect3masculine plural יְבַעוֺן‎ (K§ 47, 3); Mon the passage conjecture יִבְעוֺן‎) Daniel 4:33 resort (for favours) to, ל‎ person