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שָׁאַל

sha.alto askHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb173 occurrences27 books157 verses

Definition

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Traditional renderings: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁאַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

173 total
  1. Isaiah 30:2שָׁאָ֑לוּ · asking
    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.
  2. Isaiah 41:28וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖ם · when I ask them
    When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
  3. Isaiah 45:11שְׁאָל֔וּנִי · do you question Me
    Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
  4. Isaiah 58:2יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙ · They 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.”
  5. Isaiah 65:1שָׁאָ֔לוּ · ask for 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!’
  6. Jeremiah 6:16וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀ · Ask
    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!’
  7. Jeremiah 15:5לִשְׁאֹ֥ל · to ask
    Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
  8. Jeremiah 18:13שַֽׁאֲלוּ־ · Inquire
    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.
  9. Jeremiah 23:33יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩ · asks you
    “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.’
  10. Jeremiah 30:6שַׁאֲלוּ־ · Ask
    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?
  11. Jeremiah 36:17שָׁאֲל֖וּ · they asked
    “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”
  12. Jeremiah 37:17וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ · where he asked him
    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.”
  13. Jeremiah 38:14שֹׁאֵ֨ל · am going to ask
    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.”
  14. Jeremiah 38:27וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ · and questioned him
    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.
  15. Jeremiah 48:19שַׁאֲלִי־ · Ask
    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
  16. Jeremiah 50:5יִשְׁאָ֔לוּ · They will 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.
  17. Lamentations 4:4שָׁ֣אֲלוּ · beg for
    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.
  18. Ezekiel 21:21שָׁאַ֣ל · he consults
    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.
  19. Hosea 4:12יִשְׁאָ֔ל · consult
    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.
  20. Jonah 4:8וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל · and wished
    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.”
  21. Micah 7:3שֹׁאֵ֔ל · demand
    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.
  22. Haggai 2:11שְׁאַל־ · Ask
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
  23. Zechariah 10:1שַׁאֲל֨וּ · Ask
    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.