Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H7593
שְׁאֵל
sheelsheh-ale'
to ask
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shᵉʼêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7593is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7593
{to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand}
The King James renders it: ask, demand, require.
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
sheel is rendered "to ask". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:9So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
Ezra 5:9שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙
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
- asking2
- we asked2
- he has asked1
- he will ask for you1
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.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן1
- שְׁאֵ֔ל1
- שָׁאֵל֙1
- שָׁאֵ֔ל1
- שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙1
- שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural2AVqp1cp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2AVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1AVqi3ms/Sp2mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVqp3ms
Ezra
three uses
So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
- שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙sheelena'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we asked
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
- שְׁאֵ֥לְנָאsheelena'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we asked
I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,
- יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹןyishalenkhonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: he will ask for you
Daniel
three uses
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- שְׁאֵ֔לsheelverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has asked
What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
- שָׁאֵל֙shaelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking
Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.
- שָׁאֵ֔לshaelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: asking
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.