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title: בַּקָּשָׁה — request · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּקָּשָׁה (1246), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: request. BDB 1906: n.m. request, entreaty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּקָּשָׁה

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«בַּקָּשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **request** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 1246 · **BDB:** בַּקָּשָׁה

### Glosses

request (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

request [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1246/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. request, entreaty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1246/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. request, entreaty, בַּקָּשָׁתִי Est 5:7, 8; 7:3; בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ; Est 5:3; 9:12; בַּקָּשָׁתוֹ Ezr 7:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּקָּשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1246/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.7/)

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וַתַּ֥עַן אֶסְתֵּ֖ר וַתֹּאמַ֑ר שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and she.answered Esther and she.said petition my and request my

*JPS 1917:* Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is —

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[Esther 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.5.3/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לָּ֖ךְ אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְיִנָּ֥תֵֽן לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to her the king what? \[is\].to you O.Esther the queen and what? request \[is\].your up.to (the).half of the.kingdom and it.will.be.given to you

*JPS 1917:* Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.'

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