beseech

34 occurrences across 4 Arabic/Persian roots

س- أ- ل

(s-ʾ-l) — ask; ask/request; ask/beseech

“beseech” accounts for 19 of 169 occurrences of this root (11%)

Forms seen

أَسْئَلُكَ ×12 نسأل ×5 اسألک ×1 اسأل ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

i beseech thee 16% beseech 11% i implore thee 8% i entreat thee 7% i beseech 7% i implore 5% implore 5% asked 5% i entreat 3% entreat 3% ask 3% i pray thee 2% beseech thee 2% we pray 2% suppliant 2% question 2% i beg of thee 2% we beseech 1% beg 1% be asked 1% we beseech thee 1% shall be called 1% seek 1% questioned 1% question his lord 1% prayer and entreaty 1% pray thee 1% pray 1% i beg 1% i ask thee 1% hath sought 1% hath been set aflame 1% grant, i beseech thee 1% god 1% find out 1% entreat thee 1% enquire for thyself 1% destroy not, i implore thee 1% deal 1% callest to account 1% beseecheth 1% ask, that 1%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: نسأل: beseech gleaningsGWB §500: اسأل: Beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: نسأل: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: نسأل: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: نسأل: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §436: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: نسأل: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: اسألک: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: أَسْئَلُكَ: beseech

ط- ل- ب

(ṭ-l-b) — seeking; seek; seeker

“beseech” accounts for 6 of 143 occurrences of this root (4%)

Forms seen

ميطلبيم ×2 بطلبند ×1 ميطلبم ×1 میطلبم ×1 طلب ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

seeker 6% theme 5% seek 5% search 4% beseech 4% seekers 3% eagerness 3% ask 3% seeking 2% goal 2% yearning 1% truth 1% things 1% quest 1% pursue 1% purpose 1% pray 1% object of his quest 1% i beseech 1% heart’s desire 1% desire 1% asked 1% argument 1% aim 1% yearned 1% yearn 1% will demand 1% we entreat 1% we beg of 1% we 1% views 1% unpetitioned 1% truths 1% to 1% thirsted for 1% they who seek 1% they that thirst 1% themes 1% strive 1% still seek 1% step of search 1% sought to exchange 1% sought them 1% sought and are still seeking 1% sought 1% sent 1% seeking after 1% seeketh to scale 1% seeketh to 1% seeketh 1% seekest 1% searched 1% sake 1% requesteth 1% refresheth 1% reality 1% principle 1% presupposeth 1% other matter 1% object of 1% object 1% meaning 1% lofty truth 1% it 1% is my goal 1% inordinate desire 1% indubitable facts 1% if thou seekest 1% hath longed 1% good-pleasure 1% forgive 1% for 1% expectation 1% entreating 1% entreat 1% desirest 1% craveth 1% contents 1% ceaseless search 1% call 1% besought 1% asketh 1% ask for 1% anything 1% and 1%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: بطلبند: beseech gleaningsGWB §439: میطلبم: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: ميطلبيم: beseech gleaningsGWB §726: طلب: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: ميطلبم: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: ميطلبيم: beseech

د- ع- و

(d-ʿ-w) — call; invitation; claim

“beseech” accounts for 5 of 137 occurrences of this root (4%)

Forms seen

استدعا ×2 دعا ×1 وَأَدْعُوكَ ×1 ادعوک ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

summon 11% summoned 9% summoneth 5% beseech 4% called 3% claim 2% summoning 1% summoned them 1% prayer 1% prayed 1% lay claim 1% entreat 1% claims 1% calling 1% calleth 1% ye summon 1% whom thou hast summoned 1% who call on 1% was called 1% unenforced 1% turn away 1% turn 1% thou hast summoned 1% thou hast called her 1% thou art he 1% supplications 1% summoneth you 1% summoneth them 1% summonest 1% summoner 1% summoned, and art still summoning 1% summoned them unto 1% shall summon 1% set ye aside 1% servants 1% request 1% put away 1% profess 1% pretensions 1% prayer of 1% pray 1% name 1% leave them 1% leave 1% layeth claim 1% is summoning 1% is calling 1% invoketh 1% invited them 1% idle claimants 1% i summon 1% i have summoned 1% i call upon thee 1% i call thee 1% i call 1% he summoneth 1% he summoned 1% he invited 1% have supplicated 1% have summoned 1% have called upon 1% hath invited 1% guise 1% forsake 1% extol 1% empowered 1% cry 1% continue to call 1% compress 1% claimeth to 1% claim for himself the truth 1% caused me to turn 1% cast away 1% calling upon 1% calling out 1% calling on them 1% calleth upon him 1% callest 1% called them 1% called me to 1% call upon 1% call 1% bond slave 1% beseecheth thee 1% beseech god to guide 1% befriend them 1% been calling 1% asked 1%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: استدعا: beseech kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: استدعا: beseech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: وَأَدْعُوكَ: and beseech will-and-testamentW&T §36: ادعوک: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: دعا: beseech

س- ا- ل

(s-ʾ-l) — ask; question; to ask/beseech

“beseech” accounts for 4 of 49 occurrences of this root (8%)

Forms seen

اسألک ×2 نسأله ×1 اسالک ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

i beseech thee 8% beseech 8% we pray 6% ask 6% question 4% implore 4% i pray thee 4% i implore thee 4% i entreat thee 4% years 2% year-old 2% ye shall be asked 2% ye shall 2% what ask they 2% we beseech 2% requesteth 2% questions 2% questioning 2% questioned 2% problems 2% pray 2% mysteries 2% imploreth thee 2% i supplicate thee 2% i ask thee 2% i ask of thee 2% generations 2% faith 2% entreat 2% beseecheth 2% beseech thee 2% asked 2% and 2% abstruse matters 2%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: اسألک: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: نسأله: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: اسألک: beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: اسالک: beseech

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: