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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Ugaritic 𐎁𐎖𐎘 (bqṯ, “to search for, investigate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ביקש / בִּקֵּשׁ • (bikésh) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart בוקש / בֻּקַּשׁ)
- to ask for, request
- 2014, Daniela Spektor, “אגם קפוא” (agám kafú, “Frozen Lake”), song:
אז אל תבוא אליי ותבקש את מה שכבר מזמן אינו שלי- áz ál tavó elái v't'vakésh ét má shekvár mizmán einó shelí
So don't come to me and ask for what hasn't been mine for a long time
- (formal) to seek, strive for
- 2008, קציעה אביאלי־טביביאן (Dr. Ktzia Avieli-Tabibian), מסעות בזמן – ממדינת מקדש לעם הספר (Travels in Time – From a Temple State to the People of the Book), מט״ח (CET), page 95:
בחלק מן התקנות שתיקן ביקש רבן יוחנן להרחיב את עבודת האל שהתקיימה במקדש, ולהעבירה אל מחוץ למקדש – כזכר למקדש וכזכר לחורבן.- In part of the religious rulings that he amended Rabban Yochanan strove to expand the worship that took place in the temple, and to transfer it out of the temple – in memory to the temple and in memory to the destruction.
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