שָׁאַל
sha.al
1. to ask, enquire, borrow, beg
a. (Qal)
1. to ask, ask for
2. to ask (as a favour), borrow
3. to enquire, enquire of
4. to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)
5. to seek
b. (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence
c. (Piel)
1. to enquire, enquire carefully
2. to beg, practise beggary
d. (Hiphil)
1. to be given on request
2. to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to
Aramaic equivalent: she.el (שְׁאֵל "to ask" H7593)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
Forms
By book
Old Testament
New Testament
Concordance 157 verses
- Genesis 24:47 וָאֶשְׁאַ֣ל
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.
- Genesis 24:57 וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖ה
So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
- Genesis 26:7 וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ
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.”
- Genesis 32:17 וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙
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?’
- Genesis 32:29 וַיִּשְׁאַ֣לתִּשְׁאַ֣ל
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
- Genesis 37:15 וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
- Genesis 38:21 וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל
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.
- Genesis 40:7 וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל
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?”
- Genesis 43:7 שָׁא֣וֹלשָֽׁאַל־
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’?”
- Genesis 43:27 וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
- Genesis 44:19 שָׁאַ֔ל
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
- Exodus 3:22 וְשָׁאֲלָ֨ה
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.”
- Exodus 11:2 וְיִשְׁאֲל֞וּ
Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
- Exodus 12:35 וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
- Exodus 12:36 וַיַּשְׁאִל֑וּם
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.
- Exodus 13:14 יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥
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.
- Exodus 18:7 וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ
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.
- Exodus 22:14 יִשְׁאַ֥ל
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.
- Numbers 27:21 וְשָׁ֥אַל
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.”
- Deuteronomy 4:32 שְׁאַל־
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?
- Deuteronomy 6:20 יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥
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?”
- Deuteronomy 10:12 שֹׁאֵ֖ל
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,
- Deuteronomy 13:14 וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
- Deuteronomy 14:26 תִּֽשְׁאָלְךָ֖
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.
- Deuteronomy 18:11 וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
- Deuteronomy 18:16 שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ
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!”
- Deuteronomy 32:7 שְׁאַ֤ל
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.
- Joshua 4:6 יִשְׁאָל֨וּן
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
- Joshua 4:21 יִשְׁאָל֨וּן
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
- Joshua 9:14 שָׁאָֽלוּ׃
Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
- Joshua 15:18 לִשְׁא֤וֹל
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?”
- Joshua 19:50 שָׁאָ֔ל
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.
- Judges 1:1 וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙
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?”
- Judges 1:14 לִשְׁא֤וֹל
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?”
- Judges 4:20 וּשְׁאֵלֵ֗ךְ
“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
- Judges 5:25 שָׁאַ֖ל
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
- Judges 8:14 וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ
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.
- Judges 8:24 אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה
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.)
- Judges 8:26 שָׁאָ֔ל
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.
- Judges 13:6 שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙
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.
- Judges 13:18 תִּשְׁאַ֣ל
“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
- Judges 18:5 שְׁאַל־
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
- Judges 18:15 וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
- Judges 20:18 וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ
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.
- Judges 20:23 וַיִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ
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.”
- Judges 20:27 וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
- 1 Samuel 1:17 שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ
“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
- 1 Samuel 1:20 שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃
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.”
- 1 Samuel 1:27 שָׁאַ֖לְתִּי
I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- 1 Samuel 1:28 הִשְׁאִלְתִּ֙הוּ֙שָׁא֖וּל
I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.