Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H1240
בְּקַר
beqarbek-ar'
to enquire
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bᵉqar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1240is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1240
{properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider}
The King James renders it: inquire, make search.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
beqar is rendered "to enquire". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Five of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:15that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:15יְבַקַּר֩
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's five uses are in Ezra.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and they searched2
- he will search1
- let it be searched1
- to enquire1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּקִיעַ | beqia | breach | Uses2 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּבַקַּ֣רוּ1
- וּבַקַּ֣רוּ׀1
- יְבַקַּר֩1
- יִ֠תְבַּקַּר1
- לְבַקָּרָ֥א1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2AC/Vpp3mp
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1AR/Vpcc
- verb · poal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVMi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVpi3ms
Ezra
five uses
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- יְבַקַּר֩yevakarverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will search
I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
- וּבַקַּ֣רוּuvakaruconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they searched
Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
- יִ֠תְבַּקַּרyitbakarverb · poal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be searched
Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
- וּבַקַּ֣רוּ׀uvakaruconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and they searched
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
- לְבַקָּרָ֥אlevakara'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to enquire
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.