מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ

   me-vak-KESH

   is seeking
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 זֶ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ

   ZE me-vak-KESH

   this is seeking
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְכָל־זִקְנֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ דְּעֽוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ כִּ֥י רָעָ֖ה זֶ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ

   va-yik-RA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-khol-zik-NE ha-A-rets va-yo-MER de-U-na u-re-U KI ra-A ZE me-vak-KESH

   and he called the king of Israel to all the elders of the land and he said know, please and see that or for harm or evil this is seeking
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְרָ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְכָל־זִקְנֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ דְּעֽוּ־נָ֣א וּרְא֔וּ כִּ֥י רָעָ֖ה זֶ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֨ח אֵלַ֜י לְנָשַׁ֤י וּלְבָנַי֙ וּלְכַסְפִּ֣י וְלִזְהָבִ֔י וְלֹ֥א מָנַ֖עְתִּי מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   va-yik-RA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL le-khol-zik-NE ha-A-rets va-yo-MER de-U-na u-re-U KI ra-A ZE me-vak-KESH ki-sha-LAKH e-LAI le-na-SHAI u-le-va-NAI u-le-khas-PI ve-liz-ha-VI ve-LO ma-na-TI mim-ME-nu

   and he called the king of Israel to all the elders of the land and he said know, please and see that or for harm or evil this is seeking for he sent to me for my wives and for my sons and for my silver and for my gold and not I withheld or I refused from him

Exegesis

The participle mvaqqēš {מְבַקֵּשׁ | mvaqqēš} “is seeking” conveys continuous action, rendered idiomatically as “seeking trouble” or “trying to cause harm.”