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Hebrew verb · H7592

שָׁאַל

shaalshaw-al'

to ask

171 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâʼal

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7592is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 27 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 126
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7592

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

The King James renders it: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shaal is rendered "to ask". It stands 171 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-seven books.

  • Thirty-one of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:47Then 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.
  • The Greek text spells it 126 different ways.

The first use

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 24:47וָאֶשְׁאַ֣ל

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • ask18
  • and he asked12
  • and he enquired10
  • asking7
  • to ask7
  • and they asked6
  • he asked5
  • you asked5
  • and they enquired4
  • certainly to ask3
  • they asked3
  • they will ask3

and 71 more, 171 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁאַרshaarto remainUses133
שָׁאַגshaagto roarUses20
שָׁאַבshaabto drawUses19
שָׁאוֹןshaonroarUses18
שָׁאַףshaaphto long forUses14
שָׁאָהshaahto crashUses6
שָׁאַןshaanto restUses5
שָׁאטshatto despiseUses3
שָׁאָהshaahto gazeUses1
שָׁאוּלִיShauliShauliteUses1
שָׁאַסshaasto spoilUsesnot recorded

The words it stands beside

All 171, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

126 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל6
  • שְׁאַל־6
  • וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל5
  • שָׁאַ֣ל4
  • וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל3
  • וַיִּשְׁאַ֥ל3
  • לִשְׁא֤וֹל3
  • אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗2
  • וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל2
  • וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙2
  • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ2
  • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ2

and 114 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms23Hc/Vqw3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)14HR/Vqcc
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular13HVqv2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular11HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp10Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular10HVqp2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural6HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular6HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural4HVqv2mp
  • Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms3Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms/Sp2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular3HVqp1cs

Genesis

thirteen uses
  • 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 24:47

    • וָאֶשְׁאַ֣לvaeshalHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I asked
  • So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”

    Genesis 24:57

    • וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖הvenishalahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and let us ask
  • 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 26:7

    • וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they asked
  • 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 32:17

    • וִשְׁאֵֽלְךָ֙vishelekhaHc/Vqq3ms/Sp2mstagged: and he will ask you
  • And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

    Genesis 32:29

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֣לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
    • תִּשְׁאַ֣לtishalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: do you ask
  • a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”

    Genesis 37:15

    • וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּvaiyishalehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he asked him
  • 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 38:21

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֞לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and 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?”

    Genesis 40:7

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֞לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
  • 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 43:7

    • שָׁא֣וֹלshaolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: carefully to ask
    • שָֽׁאַל־shaal-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: 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?”

    Genesis 43:27

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
  • My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

    Genesis 44:19

    • שָׁאַ֔לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked

Exodus

seven uses
  • 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 3:22

    • וְשָׁאֲלָ֨הveshaalahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will ask
  • Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

    Exodus 11:2

    • וְיִשְׁאֲל֞וּveyishaluHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may ask
  • Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

    Exodus 12:35

    • וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙vaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they asked
  • 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 12:36

    • וַיַּשְׁאִל֑וּםvaiyashilumHc/Vhw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they granted request them
  • 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 13:14

    • יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥yishalekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will ask you
  • 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 18:7

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they asked
  • 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.

    Exodus 22:14

    • יִשְׁאַ֥לyishalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will ask

Numbers

one use
  • 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.”

    Numbers 27:21

    • וְשָׁ֥אַלveshaalHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will enquire

Deuteronomy

eight uses
  • 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 4:32

    • שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • 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 6:20

    • יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥yishalekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will ask you
  • 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 10:12

    • שֹׁאֵ֖לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking
  • then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

    Deuteronomy 13:14

    • וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖veshaaltaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will enquire
  • 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 14:26

    • תִּֽשְׁאָלְךָ֖tishalekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will ask you
  • casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

    Deuteronomy 18:11

    • וְשֹׁאֵ֥לveshoelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and consults
  • 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 18:16

    • שָׁאַ֜לְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked
  • 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.

    Deuteronomy 32:7

    • שְׁאַ֤לshealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask

Joshua

five uses
  • to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

    Joshua 4:6

    • יִשְׁאָל֨וּןyishalunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will ask
  • Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

    Joshua 4:21

    • יִשְׁאָל֨וּןyishalunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will ask
  • Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

    Joshua 9:14

    • שָׁאָֽלוּ׃shaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they asked
  • 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 15:18

    • לִשְׁא֤וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask
  • 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.

    Joshua 19:50

    • שָׁאָ֔לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked for

Judges

fourteen uses
  • 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 1:1

    • וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙vaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they enquired
  • 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 1:14

    • לִשְׁא֤וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask
  • “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”

    Judges 4:20

    • וּשְׁאֵלֵ֗ךְusheelekhHc/Vqq3ms/Sp2fstagged: and he will ask you
  • He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

    Judges 5:25

    • שָׁאַ֖לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked
  • 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 8:14

    • וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּvaiyishalehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he enquired of him
  • 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 8:24

    • אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤הʾeshalahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: let me ask
  • 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 8:26

    • שָׁאָ֔לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked for
  • 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 13:6

    • שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙sheiltihuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I asked him
  • “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”

    Judges 13:18

    • תִּשְׁאַ֣לtishalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: are you asking
  • Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

    Judges 18:5

    • שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: enquire
  • So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

    Judges 18:15

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־vaiyishalu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they asked
  • 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 20:18

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they asked
  • 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 20:23

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֤וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they enquired
  • And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

    Judges 20:27

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they enquired

1 Samuel

thirty-one uses
  • “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

    1 Samuel 1:17

    • שָׁאַ֖לְתְּshaaltverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have asked
  • 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 1:20

    • שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃sheiltivverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I asked for him
  • I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,

    1 Samuel 1:27

    • שָׁאַ֖לְתִּיshaaltiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I asked
  • 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.

    1 Samuel 1:28

    • הִשְׁאִלְתִּ֙הוּ֙hishiltihuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I entrust him
    • שָׁא֖וּלshaulverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: asked
  • And 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.

    1 Samuel 2:20

    • שָׁאַ֖לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone asked
  • So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

    1 Samuel 8:10

    • הַשֹּׁאֲלִ֥יםhashoalimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who were asking
  • They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

    1 Samuel 10:4

    • וְשָׁאֲל֥וּveshaaluHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will ask
  • So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

    1 Samuel 10:22

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־vaiyishalu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they enquired
  • Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

    1 Samuel 12:13

    • שְׁאֶלְתֶּ֑םsheeltemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you asked for
  • Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

    1 Samuel 12:17

    • לִשְׁא֥וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by asking
  • They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

    1 Samuel 12:19

    • לִשְׁאֹ֥לlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by asking
  • So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

    1 Samuel 14:37

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

    1 Samuel 17:22

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֥לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
  • “Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.

    1 Samuel 17:56

    • שְׁאַ֣לshealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

    1 Samuel 19:22

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֣לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
  • If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

    1 Samuel 20:6

    • נִשְׁאֹל֩nisholverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to ask
    • נִשְׁאַ֨לnishalverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked for himself
  • Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

    1 Samuel 20:28

    • נִשְׁאֹ֨לnisholverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to ask
    • נִשְׁאַ֥לnishalverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked for himself
  • Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

    1 Samuel 22:10

    • וַיִּשְׁאַל־vaiyishal-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”

    1 Samuel 22:13

    • וְשָׁא֥וֹלveshaolconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and enquired
  • Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”

    1 Samuel 22:15

    • לִשְׁאָלleshaol-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to enquire
  • So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

    1 Samuel 23:2

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

    1 Samuel 23:4

    • לִשְׁאֹ֣לlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to enquire
  • So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

    1 Samuel 25:5

    • וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־usheeltem-Hc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will ask
  • Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

    1 Samuel 25:8

    • שְׁאַ֨לshealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

    1 Samuel 28:6

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • “Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?

    1 Samuel 28:16

    • תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִיtishaleniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: do you ask me
  • and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

    1 Samuel 30:8

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

    1 Samuel 30:21

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֥לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked

2 Samuel

eleven uses
  • Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

    2 Samuel 2:1

    • וַיִּשְׁאַל֩vaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

    2 Samuel 3:13

    • שֹׁאֵ֨לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking
  • So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

    2 Samuel 5:19

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

    2 Samuel 5:23

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

    2 Samuel 8:10

    • לִשְׁאָל־lishol-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask
  • When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing with the war.

    2 Samuel 11:7

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֣לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
  • Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

    2 Samuel 12:20

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֕לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked
  • Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

    2 Samuel 14:18

    • שֹׁאֵ֣לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking
  • Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

    2 Samuel 16:23

    • יִשְׁאַל־אִ֖ישׁyishal-ish-HVqi3ms//Ncmsatagged: he enquires-anyone
  • Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

    2 Samuel 20:18

    • שָׁאֹ֧לshaolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to ask
    • יְשָׁאֲל֛וּyeshaaluverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will ask

1 Kings

fifteen uses
  • So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.

    1 Kings 2:16

    • שֹׁאֵ֣לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking
  • “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.”

    1 Kings 2:20

    • שֹׁאֶ֣לֶתshoeletverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: asking
    • שַׁאֲלִ֣יshaaliverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: ask
  • King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

    1 Kings 2:22

    • שֹׁאֶ֜לֶתshoeletverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: asking
    • וְשַֽׁאֲלִי־veshaali-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and ask
  • One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

    1 Kings 3:5

    • שְׁאַ֖לshealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

    1 Kings 3:10

    • שָׁאַ֣לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had asked
  • So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

    1 Kings 3:11

    • שָׁאַ֜לְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked
    • שָׁאַ֨לְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked
    • שָׁאַ֤לְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked
    • שָׁאַ֖לְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked
    • וְשָׁאַ֧לְתָּveshaaltaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you asked
  • Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

    1 Kings 3:13

    • שָׁאַ֙לְתָּ֙shaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked for
  • King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

    1 Kings 10:13

    • שָׁאָ֔לָהshaalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she asked
  • while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

    1 Kings 19:4

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked

2 Kings

six uses
  • After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

    2 Kings 2:9

    • שְׁאַל֙shealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • “You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”

    2 Kings 2:10

    • לִשְׁא֑וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask
  • “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

    2 Kings 4:3

    • שַׁאֲלִי־shaali-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: ask
  • Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”

    2 Kings 4:28

    • הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּיhashaaltiquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: ¿ did I ask for
  • As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

    2 Kings 6:5

    • שָׁאֽוּל׃shaulverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: asked
  • When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

    2 Kings 8:6

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֥לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked

1 Chronicles

five uses
  • And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

    1 Chronicles 4:10

    • שָׁאָֽל׃shaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had asked for
  • So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

    1 Chronicles 10:13

    • לִשְׁא֥וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to consult
  • So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”

    1 Chronicles 14:10

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

    1 Chronicles 14:14

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he enquired
  • he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

    1 Chronicles 18:10

    • לִשְׁאָלlishol-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask

2 Chronicles

six uses
  • That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

    2 Chronicles 1:7

    • שְׁאַ֖לshealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

    2 Chronicles 1:11

    • שָׁ֠אַלְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have asked for
    • שָׁאָ֑לְתָּshaaletaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have asked for
    • וַתִּֽשְׁאַל־vatishal-Hc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have asked for
  • King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

    2 Chronicles 9:12

    • שָׁאָ֔לָהshaalahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she asked
  • Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.

    2 Chronicles 11:23

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֖לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he sought

Ezra

one use
  • 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.”

    Ezra 8:22

    • לִשְׁא֤וֹלlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask

Nehemiah

two uses
  • Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

    Nehemiah 1:2

    • וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞םvaeshalemHc/Vqw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I asked them
  • While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

    Nehemiah 13:6

    • נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּיnishaltiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I requested leave of absence

Job

seven uses
  • Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

    Job 8:8

    • שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

    Job 12:7

    • שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

    Job 21:29

    • שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּםsheeltemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: have you asked
  • I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

    Job 31:30

    • לִשְׁאֹ֖לlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by asking for
  • Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

    Job 38:3

    • וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗veeshalkhaHC/Vqu1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will ask you
  • “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

    Job 40:7

    • אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ʾeshalkhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will ask you
  • You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

    Job 42:4

    • אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ʾeshalkhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will ask you

Psalms

ten uses
  • Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

    Psalms 2:8

    • שְׁאַ֤לshealverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.

    Psalms 21:4

    • שָׁאַ֣לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked
  • One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

    Psalms 27:4

    • שָׁאַ֣לְתִּיshaaltiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have asked
  • Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

    Psalms 35:11

    • יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃yishaluniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they ask me
  • Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

    Psalms 40:6

    • שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃shaaletaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you asked for
  • They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

    Psalms 78:18

    • לִֽשְׁאָל־lishol-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by requesting
  • They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

    Psalms 105:40

    • שָׁאַ֣לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he asked
  • May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

    Psalms 109:10

    • וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּveshieluHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will beg
  • Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

    Psalms 122:6

    • שַׁ֭אֲלוּshaaluverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: ask for
  • for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

    Psalms 137:3

    • שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּsheelunuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: they asked us

Proverbs

two uses
  • The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

    Proverbs 20:4

    • וְשָׁאַ֖לveyishalHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he asks
  • Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

    Proverbs 30:7

    • שָׁאַ֣לְתִּיshaaltiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I ask

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

    Ecclesiastes 2:10

    • שָֽׁאֲל֣וּshaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they asked
  • Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

    Ecclesiastes 7:10

    • שָׁאַ֥לְתָּshaaltaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have asked

Isaiah

seven uses
  • “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

    Isaiah 7:11

    • שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask
  • But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

    Isaiah 7:12

    • אֶשְׁאַ֥לʾeshalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will ask
  • They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.

    Isaiah 30:2

    • שָׁאָ֑לוּshaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have consulted
  • When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

    Isaiah 41:28

    • וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖םveeshalemHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will ask them
  • Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

    Isaiah 45:11

    • שְׁאָל֔וּנִיshealuniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: ask me
  • For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

    Isaiah 58:2

    • יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙yishaluniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they ask me
  • “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

    Isaiah 65:1

    • שָׁאָ֔לוּshaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had asked

Jeremiah

eleven uses
  • This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

    Jeremiah 6:16

    • וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀veshaaluconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and ask
  • Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

    Jeremiah 15:5

    • לִשְׁאֹ֥לlisholpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to ask
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.

    Jeremiah 18:13

    • שַֽׁאֲלוּ־shaalu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: ask
  • “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’

    Jeremiah 23:33

    • יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩yishalekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will ask you
  • Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

    Jeremiah 30:6

    • שַׁאֲלוּ־shaalu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: ask
  • “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

    Jeremiah 36:17

    • שָׁאֲל֖וּshaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they asked
  • Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

    Jeremiah 37:17

    • וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּvaiyishalehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he asked him
  • Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

    Jeremiah 38:14

    • שֹׁאֵ֨לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to ask
  • When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

    Jeremiah 38:27

    • וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּvaiyishaluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they asked
  • Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

    Jeremiah 48:19

    • שַׁאֲלִי־shaali-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: ask
  • They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

    Jeremiah 50:5

    • יִשְׁאָ֔לוּyishaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will ask for

Lamentations

one use
  • The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

    Lamentations 4:4

    • שָׁ֣אֲלוּshaaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have asked for

Ezekiel

one use
  • For 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.

    Ezekiel 21:21

    • שָׁאַ֣לshaalverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has enquired

Hosea

one use
  • My 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.

    Hosea 4:12

    • יִשְׁאָ֔לyishalverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he enquires

Jonah

one use
  • As 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.”

    Jonah 4:8

    • וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvaiyishalHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he asked

Micah

one use
  • Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

    Micah 7:3

    • שֹׁאֵ֔לshoelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking

Haggai

one use
  • “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.

    Haggai 2:11

    • שְׁאַל־sheal-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ask

Zechariah

one use
  • Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

    Zechariah 10:1

    • שַׁאֲל֨וּshaaluverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: ask

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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