בָּקַשׁ (b. h.; √בק , v. בקא; corresp. to ch. בעי); Pi. בִּיקֵּשׁ, בִּקֵּשׁ to seek, desire, beg, ask. Kidd. 65ᵃ מְבַקְּשִׁין וכ׳ the court begs him to give her a letter of divorce, opp. to כופין. Ber. 12ᵇ בִּקְּשׁוּ לקבוע וכ׳ they (the Rabbis) intended to insert the chapter about Balak &c. Gen. R. s. 84 ב׳ לישב וכ׳ he intended to live in peace; a. fr.—ב׳ רחמים to pray (for mercy), v. בעי. Ber. l. c. B. Bath. 91ᵇ; a. fr.
    Hithpa. - הִתְבַּקֵּשׁ, , Nithpa. נִתְבַּקֵּשׁ to be sought, to be hunted for (by detectives); to be summoned. Taan. 29ᵃ (a disguised warning given to R. Gamliel) בעל החוטם מִתְבַּקֵּשׁ the well-known man is wanted; v. חוֹטֶם. B. Mets. 86ᵃ, v. יְשִׁיבָה.