shaal (H7592) — Hebrew Word Study

Genesis13 occurrences

Genesis 24:47וָאֶשְׁאַ֣לvaeshalHc/Vqw1csThen 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.here: and I asked
Genesis 24:57וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖הvenishalahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralSo they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”here: and let us ask
Genesis 26:7וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mpBut 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.”here: and they asked
Genesis 32:17וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙vishelekhaHc/Vqq3ms/Sp2msHe 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?’here: and he will ask you
Genesis 32:29וַיִּשְׁאַ֣לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3msAnd Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.here: and he asked
Genesis 32:29תִּשְׁאַ֣לtishalverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularAnd Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.here: do you ask
Genesis 37:15וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּvaiyishalehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3msa man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”here: and he asked him
Genesis 38:21וַיִּשְׁאַ֞לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3msHe 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.here: and he asked
Genesis 40:7וַיִּשְׁאַ֞לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3msSo he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”here: and he asked
Genesis 43:7שָׁא֣וֹלshaolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteThey 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’?”here: carefully to ask
Genesis 43:7שָֽׁאַל־shaal-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThey 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’?”here: he asked
Genesis 43:27וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3msHe asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”here: and he asked
Genesis 44:19שָׁאַ֔לshaalverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMy lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’here: he asked

Exodus7 occurrences

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 27:21וְשָׁ֥אַלveshaalHc/Vqq3msHe 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.”here: and he will enquire

Deuteronomy8 occurrences

Joshua5 occurrences

Judges14 occurrences

1 Samuel31 occurrences

2 Samuel11 occurrences

1 Kings15 occurrences

2 Kings6 occurrences

1 Chronicles5 occurrences

2 Chronicles6 occurrences

Ezra1 occurrence

Ezra 8:22לִשְׁא֤וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”here: to ask

Nehemiah2 occurrences

Job7 occurrences

Psalms10 occurrences

Proverbs2 occurrences

Ecclesiastes2 occurrences

Isaiah7 occurrences

Jeremiah11 occurrences

Lamentations1 occurrence

Lamentations 4:4שָׁ֣אֲלוּshaaluverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.here: they have asked for

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 21:21שָׁאַ֣לshaalverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.here: he has enquired

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 4:12יִשְׁאָ֔לyishalverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularMy people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.here: he enquires

Jonah1 occurrence

Jonah 4:8וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3msAs the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”here: and he asked

Micah1 occurrence

Micah 7:3שֹׁאֵ֔לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBoth hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.here: [is] asking

Haggai1 occurrence

Haggai 2:11שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.here: ask

Zechariah1 occurrence

Zechariah 10:1שַׁאֲל֨וּshaaluverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAsk the LORD for rain in springtime;the LORD makes the storm clouds,and He will give everyone showers of rainand crops in the field.here: ask

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