תְּבַע, ch.same, to ask, demand; to inquire, search (corresp. to h. דרש a. בקש). Targ. Jud. VI, 29. Targ. Ps. XXVII, 8. Targ. Job XXXIX, 8 Ms. (ed. בעי). Targ. Deut. XXII, 2. Targ. Gen. IX, 5 (Y. also אֶתְבּוֹע׳); a. fr.—Keth. 42ᵇ bot. כי קא ת׳ קנסא קא ת׳ when he claimed, he claimed the fine. Ib. 43ᵃ לא קא שביק … ות׳ וכ׳, v. קִיץ ch. Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ bot. שלח ר׳ ת׳ באיתתיה Rabbi sent and proposed to his (R. Eleazar’s) widow. Ḥag. 15ᵃ אשכח … תַּבְעָהּ he met a harlot and asked her: a. fr.