Word Study · Strong's H7596 · Hebrew
שְׁאֵלָה
sheelah
sheh-ay-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉʼêlâh
“a petition”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a petition; by implication, a loan
Rendered in the KJV as
loan, petition, request.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י2
- בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י1
- הַשְּׁאֵלָ֔ה1
- שְׁאֵלָ֔ה1
- שְׁאֵלָ֤ה1
- שְׁאֵלָ֨ה1
- שְׁאֵלָתִ֖י1
- שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י1
- שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ1
- שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ1
- שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵךְ֙1
- שֶׁאֱלָתָ֑ם1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- petition my4
- [is] petition your3
- a petition3
- for petition my1
- petition their1
- petition your1
- the petition1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular4
- noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp1bs · 4
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 4
- HNcfsa · 3
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Esther carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:17שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְshelatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”here: petition your
- 1 Samuel 1:27שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יsheelatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,here: petition my
- 1 Samuel 2:20הַשְּׁאֵלָ֔הhasheelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.here: the petition
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 2:16שְׁאֵלָ֤הsheelahnoun · feminine singularSo now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.here: a petition
- 1 Kings 2:20שְׁאֵלָ֨הsheelahnoun · feminine singular“I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”here: a petition
Esther6 occurrences
- Esther 5:6שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְsheelatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularAnd as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”here: [is] petition your
- Esther 5:7שְׁאֵלָתִ֖יsheelatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularEsther replied, “This is my petition and my request:here: petition my
- Esther 5:8שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יsheelatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularIf I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”here: petition my
- Esther 7:2שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְsheelatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularand as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”here: [is] petition your
- Esther 7:3בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יbishelatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularQueen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.here: for petition my
- Esther 9:12שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵךְ֙sheelatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularwho said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”here: [is] petition your