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שָׁאַל

sha.alto askHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb173 occurrences27 books157 verses

Definition

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Traditional renderings: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁאַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

173 total
  1. Genesis 24:47וָאֶשְׁאַ֣ל · Then I asked her
    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
  2. Genesis 24:57וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖ה · and ask
    So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
  3. Genesis 26:7וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ · asked
    But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
  4. Genesis 32:17וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙ · you and asks
    He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
  5. Genesis 32:29וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל · requested; תִּשְׁאַ֣ל · do you ask
    And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
  6. Genesis 37:15וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ · and asked
    …a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
  7. Genesis 38:21וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל · He asked
    He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
  8. Genesis 40:7וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל · So he asked
    So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
  9. Genesis 43:7שָׁא֣וֹל · questioned; שָֽׁאַל־ · in detail
    They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
  10. Genesis 43:27וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל · He asked
    He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
  11. Genesis 44:19שָׁאַ֔ל · asked
    My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
  12. Exodus 3:22וְשָׁאֲלָ֨ה · woman shall ask
    Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
  13. Exodus 11:2וְיִשְׁאֲל֞וּ · should ask
    Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
  14. Exodus 12:35וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙ · and asked
    Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
  15. Exodus 12:36וַיַּשְׁאִל֑וּם · that they granted their request
    And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
  16. Exodus 13:14יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥ · asks you
    In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  17. Exodus 18:7וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ · They greeted
    So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
  18. Exodus 22:14יִשְׁאַ֥ל · borrows
    If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
  19. Numbers 27:21וְשָׁ֥אַל · who will seek counsel
    He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”
  20. Deuteronomy 4:32שְׁאַל־ · ask
    Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
  21. Deuteronomy 6:20יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥ · asks
    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
  22. Deuteronomy 10:12שֹׁאֵ֖ל · ask
    And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  23. Deuteronomy 13:14וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖ · and interrogate
    …then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
  24. Deuteronomy 14:26תִּֽשְׁאָלְךָ֖ · wish
    Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
  25. Deuteronomy 18:11וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל · consults
    …casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
  26. Deuteronomy 18:16שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ · you asked
    This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
  27. Deuteronomy 32:7שְׁאַ֤ל · Ask
    Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
  28. Joshua 4:6יִשְׁאָל֨וּן · ask
    …to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
  29. Joshua 4:21יִשְׁאָל֨וּן · ask
    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
  30. Joshua 9:14שָׁאָֽלוּ׃ · seek
    Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
  31. Joshua 15:18לִשְׁא֤וֹל · to ask
    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  32. Joshua 19:50שָׁאָ֔ל · he requested
    …as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
  33. Judges 1:1וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙ · inquired
    After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
  34. Judges 1:14לִשְׁא֤וֹל · to ask
    One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  35. Judges 4:20וּשְׁאֵלֵ֗ךְ · and asks you
    “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
  36. Judges 5:25שָׁאַ֖ל · He asked for
    He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
  37. Judges 8:14וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ · and interrogated him
    There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
  38. Judges 8:24אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה · Let me make a request
    Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
  39. Judges 8:26שָׁאָ֔ל · he had requested
    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
  40. Judges 13:6שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ · ask him
    So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
  41. Judges 13:18תִּשְׁאַ֣ל · do you ask
    “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
  42. Judges 18:5שְׁאַל־ · inquire
    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
  43. Judges 18:15וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ · and greeted him
    So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
  44. Judges 20:18וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ · and inquired
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  45. Judges 20:23וַיִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ · inquiring
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
  46. Judges 20:27וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ · inquired
    And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
  47. 1 Samuel 1:17שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ · you have asked
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  48. 1 Samuel 1:20שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃ · I have asked for him
    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”