בַּקָּשָׁה
baqqâshâh · bak-kaw-shaw'
a petition
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1245 (בָּקַשׁ);
a petition
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: request.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בַּקָּשָׁה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thee: and what is thy request2 · 25%
- him all his request1 · 13%
- and what is thy request1 · 13%
- and my request1 · 13%
- my request1 · 13%
- at my request1 · 13%
- thee: or what is thy request1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.