בַּקָּשָׁה (baqqāšâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning request. It appears
8 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1246).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 276a)
Root family 276: בָּקַשׁbāqaš — to seek, require, desire (Piel and Pual only.) ASV and RSV the same, except at I Sam 20:16 (RSV inferior); Est 2:21 (RSV superior); Dan 1:8 (no preference). Both are inadequate at Zeph 1:6 (“have not sought Jehovah, indeed have not sought him”; cf. Deut 4:29)