ba.ah denotes inquiring or searching out, with one passive use in a wall-breach image.

The attested uses chiefly concern asking or searching out: a direct call to inquire and a passive description of Esau and hidden treasures being searched out. One participial use occurs in the image of a breach bulging in a high wall.

1. Inquiring and being searched out · dominant

   In Isaiah 21:12, the Qal imperfect plural forms occur in the watchman’s conditional invitation; the APB renders the clause, “If you inquire, inquire.” In Obadiah 1:6, the Niphal perfect plural stands in the report that Esau has been searched out and his hidden treasures discovered in the APB.

   Isaiah 21:12Obadiah 1:6
2. A bulging breach · rare

   In Isaiah 30:13, the Niphal participle singular occurs in the comparison of iniquity to a falling breach in a high wall; the APB renders that breach as “bulging.”

   Isaiah 30:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders the Qal clause in Isaiah 21:12 as “If you inquire, inquire.” In the Niphal contexts it presents “searched out” and “bulging,”.