sha.char denotes pursuing or looking for someone or something, including God, food, good, harm, or discipline.

The attested use describes active pursuit directed toward a person or desired object: people seek God or another person, animals seek food, and others seek good, harm, or discipline. The same broad use can occur in contexts of earnest return, unsuccessful searching, or finding what is sought.

1. Active pursuit of a person or desired object · dominant

   The forms mark pursuit toward varied objects: in Job 24:5 the APB renders the wild donkeys as “seeking food,” while in Proverbs 11:27 it contrasts seeking good with seeking harm. In Hosea 5:15 and Proverbs 1:28 the pursuit is directed toward God or the speaker, and the latter clause says they will not find him; Proverbs 8:17 joins the participial form to those who find the one sought.

   Hosea 5:15Job 24:5Proverbs 11:27Proverbs 1:28Proverbs 8:17Psalm 78:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “seek,” “seeking,” or “sought,” and in several clauses adds “earnestly” or “diligently.” Psalm 63:2 does not clearly isolate an English rendering for the form there.