בָּעָה bâʻâh

Meaning

to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask

In the King James Version: cause, inquire, seek up, swell out.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Isaiah 21:12 The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
• Isaiah 30:13 this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!
• Isaiah 64:2 as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
• Obadiah 1:6 But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!