Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask
KJV Usage: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּעָה (ba.ah) — to enquire. 1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seek, enquire 1a2) to cause to boil up 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out 1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Hot | verb qal
to cause to boil = process by which fire causes a liquid to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour
Impact | verb nif
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
verb · בָּעוּ
Speak | verb qal
to inquire, to ask = action by which someone seeks information by asking questions
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּעָה] vb. inquire, cause to swell or boil up Qal of rising desire, seek, inquire
cause to boil up
Niph. searched out; swelling, swelling out
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