bāʿā בָּעָה ‘to enquire’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

bāʿā v
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to seek, enquire
  1a2) to cause to boil up
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be searched out
  1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out