*bγy - to look for; to search; to examine (Kogan 2015:393; DRS 75‒76)

Akkadian

buˀû - to look for, to search for (CAD B 360, AHw. 145)

Mostly in Babylonian and, remarkably, never in Old Assyrian, where šeˀāˀum is normally used instead (Kogan 2006c:195). CAD B 365 is right to point out that the meaning “to wish” for buˀˀû, widely attested in some peripheral varieties of Akkadian, is likely due to WS influence.

Ugaritic

bγy - to reveal, to show (DUL 218)

Hebrew

bˁy - to enquire (HALOT 141)

The word is sparsely attested and may well be borrowed from Aramaic.

Old Aramaic

bˁh - to search, to want (DNWSI 180)

Official Aramaic

bˁh - to search, to want (DNWSI 180)

Biblical Aramaic

bˁy - to seek, to request (HALOT 1836)

Palmyrean

bˁh - to search, to want (DNWSI 180)

Nabataean

bˁh - to search, to want (DNWSI 180)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

bˁy - to ask, to wish, to require (DJPA 107)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

bˁy - to ask, to require, to want (DJBA 224)

Syriac

bˁy - to examine, search, spy (LSyr. 82, SL 174)

Syriac

bˁy - to strive after, pursue, desire; to request (LSyr. 82, SL 169)

Mandaic

baa - to ask, to want, to seek (MD 44)

Maalula

bˁy - wollen (GNDM 10)

Arabic

bγy - to seek, to desire (Lane 231)

Mehri

bəγáyt - desire (ML 44)

A borrowing from Arabic.