Word

בָּעָה

bâʻâh · H1158 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to cause to boil

Process by which fire causes a liquid to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour

Examples
Isaiah 64:2 As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
to bulge out

Process by which part of a construction such as a wall bends outward which will eventually cause the entire structure to collapse

Examples
Isaiah 30:13 Therefore this wrongdoing will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,
to inquire, to ask

Action by which someone seeks information by asking questions

Examples
Isaiah 21:12 The watchman says, “Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again.”
to search out, to seek

Process by which someone explores or examines a certain location, in order find what one is looking for; associated with violence

Examples
Obadiah 1:6 “Oh how Esau will be searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 2
מִצְפֻּןhidden treasure 1
אֵשׁfire 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מַיִםwater 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with+ חוֹמָהwall 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

Hot002001001034: בָּעָה describes something boiling or seething, as in Isaiah 64:1's plea "that the mountains would quake" alongside imagery of the heavens tearing open in fiery upheaval, applying the verb to violent heat-driven agitation.
Impact002001001024: The verb also describes a bulging or swelling outward under pressure, as in Isaiah 30:13's image of "a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse comes suddenly" (כְּפֶרֶץ נֹפֵל נִבְעֶה), the wall's surface straining and giving way under force.
Speak002004001009008: בָּעָה additionally carries the sense of asking or inquiring aloud, as in Isaiah 21:12's "if you would inquire, inquire" (אִם־תִּבְעָיוּן בְּעָיוּ), a verbal act of questioning.
Search002002001016: בָּעָה carries a sense of searching out or inquiring, as at Isaiah 21:12 — "If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again" — and Obadiah 1:6 — "Oh how Esau will be searched, And his hidden treasures searched out."

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בָּעָהbâʻâh · H1158בְּעָא bᵉʻâʼ · H1156 · ask, desire, make · 12×בָּעוּ bâʻûw · H1159 · petition · 2×בְּעִי bᵉʻîy · H1164 · ruin, ruined person · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1158. baah [בָּעָה] verb inquire, cause to swell or boil up (Late Hebrew id; Arabic…

H1158. baah
[בָּעָה] verb inquire, cause to swell or boil up (Late Hebrew id; Arabic seek, suppurate, swell; Aramaic בְּעָא, seek) —
Qal Imperfect3feminine singular תִּבְעֶה Isa 64:1-2;masculine plural תִּבְעָיוּן Isa 21:12; Imperative בְּעָיוּ Isa 21:12; — a. of rising desire, seek, inquire, absolute, of inquiring of prophet Isa 21:12 (twice in verse). 2 cause to boil up, תִּב אֵֿשׁ׳מַיִם Isa 64:1 (but gloss Che).
Niph`al Perfect נִבְעוּ Obadiah 6 searched out (|| נֶחְמְּשׂוּ); Participle נִבְעֶה Isa 30:13 swelling, swelling out (of decaying wall; Di swelling, enlarging, of crack in wall).
בעז (quick ? compare Arabic swiftness (of horse)).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0