בָּעָהbâʻâh
inquire, cause to swell or boil up
Pronunciation: baw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1158
Meanings
Qal
1. seek, inquire, of rising desire (Isaiah 21:12)
2. cause to boil up (Isaiah 64:1)
Niph`al: searched out, swelling, swelling out (Obadiah 1:6; Isaiah 30:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 21:12 The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but night will soon return. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.”
- Isaiah 30:13 calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.
- Isaiah 64:2 As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!
- Obadiah 1:6 Every nook and cranny of Edom will be searched and looted. Every treasure will be found and taken.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).