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Lexicon :: Strong's H7592 - šā'al

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שָׁאַל
Transliteration
šā'al
Pronunciation
shaw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2303

Strong’s Definitions

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


KJV Translation Count — Total: 173x

The KJV translates Strong's H7592 in the following manner: ask (94x), enquire (22x), desire (9x), require (7x), borrow (6x), salute (4x), demand (4x), lent (4x), request (3x), earnestly (2x), beg (2x), miscellaneous (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 173x
The KJV translates Strong's H7592 in the following manner: ask (94x), enquire (22x), desire (9x), require (7x), borrow (6x), salute (4x), demand (4x), lent (4x), request (3x), earnestly (2x), beg (2x), miscellaneous (16x).
  1. to ask, enquire, borrow, beg

    1. (Qal)

      1. to ask, ask for

      2. to ask (as a favour), borrow

      3. to enquire, enquire of

      4. to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)

      5. to seek

    2. (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence

    3. (Piel)

      1. to enquire, enquire carefully

      2. to beg, practise beggary

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to be given on request

      2. to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁאַל shâʼal, shaw-al'; or שָׁאֵל shâʼêl; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand:—ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, × earnestly, enquire, greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, salute, × straitly, × surely, wish.
STRONGS H7592: Abbreviations
שָׁאַל 170 verb ask, inquire (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ša’âlu, Arabic bdb098101, Ethiopic bdb098102 Sabean מסאל request petition, HomChrest. 124 Levy-OsZMG xix(1865), 165; Aramaic bdb098103, שְׁאֵיל; Old Aramaic Zinjirli שאל Ldzb371, Nabataean Hiph. lend Idib.; — on שׁ׳ compare JastrJBL xix (1900), 82 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singularשׁ׳ Judges 5:25 +, שָׁאָ֑ל Judges 8:26 + 2 times; consecutive וְשָׁ֫אַל לוֺ Numbers 27:21; suffix וּשְׁאֵלְךָ consecutive Genesis 32:18 (Ges§ 64 f), וּשְׁאֵלֵךְ consecutive Judges 4:20; 1st person singular suffix שְׁאִלְתִּיו 1 Samuel 1:20, שְׁאִלְתִּיהוּ Judges 13:16; 3rd person plural suffix שְׁאֵלוּנוּ Psalm 137:3; 2nd person masculine plural שְׁאֶלְתֶּם 1 Samuel 12:13 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and most), Job 21:29, וּשְׁאֶלָתֶּםֿ consecutive 1 Samuel 25:5, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁאַל Exodus 22:13 +,etc.; Imperative שְׁאַל Isaiah 7:11 +, שְׁאָלוּנִי Isaiah 45:11 (< תִּשְׁאְֵלוּנִי Weir Che and others), etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁאוֺל Genesis 43:7 +; construct לִשְׁאֹל Judges 1:14 +, etc.; Participle active שֹׁאֵל 2 Samuel 3:13 +, feminine singular שֹׁאֶלֶת 1 Kings 2:20, 22, masculine plural הַשֹּׁאֲלִים 1 Samuel 8:10; passive שָׁאוּל 1 Samuel 1:28; 2 Kings 6:5; —
1.
a. ask, ask for, accusative of thing (or person) Judges 5:25; Judges 8:26; 1 Kings 3:10; Psalm 122:6 (= pray for) +; אֶתנַֿפְשׁוֺ לָמוּת שׁ׳ 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:8, i.e. pray for death, but Job 31:30 demand the life of another בְּאָלָה by a curse; with ל person 1 Kings 2:22 (twice in verse) + (ל person reflexive) 1 Samuel 12:17, 19 +; with מִן person Judges 8:24 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Ezra 8:22; Zechariah 10:1 +; followed by infinitive 1 Kings 3:11; followed by clause מָה אֶתֶּןלָֽֿךְ׃ שׁ׳ 1 Kings 3:5 2 Chronicles 1:7, compare 2 Kings 2:9; with accusative + מֵאֵת person 1 Samuel 8:10; Psalm 27:4 (from י׳) +; + מֵעִם person Isaiah 7:11 (from י׳) +; with accusative of person (from whom) + of thing Psalm 137:3; accusative omitted Isaiah 7:12; 1 Samuel 12:20; 1 Kings 2:20, with מִן person Psalm 2:8; absolute Micah 7:3; Psalm 105:40 (of prayer); הִקְשִׁיתָ לִשְׁאוֺל 2 Kings 2:10, i.e. thou hast asked for a difficult thing. — 1 Samuel 2:20 see Hiph.
b. specifically ask as a favour, for temporary use, i.e. borrow (compare לָוָה, as matter of business, see Bu1 Samuel 1:28), Exodus 22:13 (E; accusative of thing + מֵעִם person), 2 Kings 4:3 (accusative of thing + מִן of source + ל person reflexive), 2 Kings 6:5 (passive participle absolute); so also (according to many), with accusative of thing Exodus 3:22 (+ מִן person), Exodus 11:2; Exodus 12:35 (both + מֵאֵת person; all E), — it is, however, not clear that there was any pretext of mere temporary use; passive participle שָׁאוּל לי׳ 1 Samuel 1:28 (lent, granted,) made over to י׳ (in effect passive of Hiph., which see).
c. in weakened sense, seek, desire (late), with accusative 2 Chronicles 11:23; Ecclesiastes 2:10 (subject עֵינַי); Proverbs 20:4 in harvest he shall look [for a crop], וָאָ֑יִן and there shall be none.
2.
a. inquire of, with accusative of person + לֵאמֹר before inquiry Genesis 32:18 (E), Genesis 44:19 (J) +; with וְאָמַר Judges 4:20, וַיּאִמֶר, etc., Genesis 24:47(J), Jeremiah 37:13; followed by וְאָמַר without accusative of person Genesis 32:30 (J), compare 1 Samuel 19:22, followed by לֵאמֹר Joshua 4:6 (JE); with accusative of person + עַל of thing Nehemiah 1:2; עַל of thing alone, Ecclesiastes 7:10 (+ מֵחָכְמָה, i. e. prompted by wisdom); with accusative of person + of thing (about which) 2 Samuel 14:18; Isaiah 45:11 + 4 times; accusative of person + indirect question Judges 13:6; with accusative of person only, Judges 8:14; 1 Samuel 25:8; Deuteronomy 32:7 +, inquire of beasts (accusative) Job 12:7; with accusative of thing only, Jeremiah 50:5; with ל person = accusative 2 Kings 8:6 (KöSynt. § 289 h); with ל of thing about which Genesis 26:7 (J), Genesis 32:30 (J), Judges 13:18; 2 Samuel 11:7; Jeremiah 6:16; Job 8:8, also (+ לאמר before the inquiry) Genesis 43:7 (J), and (followed by direct question) Deuteronomy 4:32; with ל person about whom, Genesis 43:27 (J), compare phrase of greeting, אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ לְשָׁלוֺם שׁ׳ Exodus 18:7 (E) ask each for (or about) his fellow as to welfare, compare Judges 18:15; 1 Samuel 10:4; 1 Samuel 17:22; 1 Samuel 25:5; 1 Samuel 30:21 [read וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ לוֺ Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version We Dr HPS Bu] 2 Samuel 8:10; Jeremiah 15:5; 1 Chronicles 18:10; followed by direct question only, 1 Samuel 17:56; Jeremiah 18:13 (with ב location), followed by indirect question only (with אִם) Jeremiah 30:6; אֶת־פִּי שׁ'פ׳ Genesis 24:57(J); absolute make inquiry Deuteronomy 13:15 (+ דָּרַשׁ, חָקַר).
†b. inquire of, consult, deity, oracle, etc. (JastrJBL xix (1900) 88 ff.), followed by accusative י'פִּי Joshua 9:14 (JE), Isaiah 30:2 י׳ Isaiah 65:1 (|| בִּקֵּשׁ); elsewhere in Hexateuch only (accusative omitted), Numbers 27:21 (P; with ל person for whom, + ב instrumental), compare Joshua 19:50; also אוֺב שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 18:11 (participle as substantive; JägerBAS ii. 292 compare Assyrian maššaku ša šâ’ili, i.e. skin-vessel of the oracle-seeker, compare JastrJBL xix (1900), 96 ff.); with accusative of human agent 1 Samuel 28:16; Jeremiah 38:14, 27; usually (ancient usage, chiefly Judges, Samuel) לֵאמֹר בי׳ שׁ׳ (בְּ perhaps originally local, so GFM, or instrumental), Judges 1:1; Judges 20:23; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:19 = 1 Chronicles 14:10; לֵאמֹר omitted 1 Samuel 10:22 (followed by direct question), 1 Samuel 22:10 (ל person for whom), 1 Samuel 23:4; 1 Samuel 28:6; 2 Samuel 5:23 = 1 Chronicles 14:14; Judges 20:27; בֵּאלֹהִים שׁ׳ Judges 18:5; Judges 20:18; 1 Samuel 14:37; (followed by direct question), also (ל person for whom), 1 Samuel 22:13, 15; שׁ׳ בִּדְבַר הָא׳ 2 Samuel 16:23; likewise בְּעֵצוֺ שׁ׳ Hosea 4:12 (i.e. his idol), בַּתְּרָפִים Ezekiel 21:26, בָּאוֺב 1 Chronicles 10:13; perhaps = receive as oracle Deuteronomy 18:16 (מֵעִם י׳, Jastrl.c.
Niph. ask for oneself (Ges§ 51 e), specifically ask leave of absence, with מִן person: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular + Infinitive absolute נִשְׁאֹל נִשְׁאַל 1 Samuel 20:6 (followed by infinitive), 1 Samuel 20:28 (followed by עַד; ? insert ל infinitive HPS); Perfect 1st person singular נִשְׁאַלְתִּי מִןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ Nehemiah 13:6 (absolute).
Pi.
1. inquire carefully: Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + Qal Infinitive absolute שָׁאוֺל יְשָֽׁאֲלוּ 2 Samuel 20:18 (Bu proposes Qal Imperfect יִשְׁאֲלוּ), with ב location; on following context see We Dr HPS Bu.
2. beg, practise beggary,,Perfect 3rd person plural וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ (consecutive) Psalm 109:10.
Hiph. (properly let one ask [successfully], give, or lend, on request, then) grant, make over to (as a favour, with or without request): Perfect 1st person singular suffix הִשְׁאִלְתִּהוּ לי׳ 1 Samuel 1:28 I have made him over to י׳ (compare Dr HPS Bu and Qal Passive participle, ib.); perhaps also read 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁאִילָה לי׳ 1 Samuel 2:20 (whom) she hath made over to י׳ (for שָׁאַל לי׳) Bu HPS (after Greek Version of the LXX. in part; other conjectures in Dr); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix of thing וַיַּשְׁאִלוּם Exodus 12:36 (E) and they handed them over.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7593.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:47; 24:57; 26:7; 32:18; 32:18; 32:30; 32:30; 43:7; 43:7; 43:27; 44:19

Exodus

3:22; 11:2; 12:35; 12:36; 18:7; 22:13; 22:13

Numbers

27:21; 27:21

Deuteronomy

4:32; 13:15; 18:11; 18:16; 32:7

Joshua

4:6; 9:14; 19:50

Judges

1:1; 1:14; 4:20; 4:20; 5:25; 5:25; 8:14; 8:24; 8:26; 8:26; 13:6; 13:16; 13:18; 18:5; 18:15; 20:18; 20:23; 20:27

1 Samuel

1:20; 1:28; 1:28; 1:28; 1:28; 2:20; 2:20; 8:10; 8:10; 10:4; 10:22; 12:13; 12:17; 12:19; 12:20; 14:37; 17:22; 17:56; 19:22; 20:6; 20:28; 22:10; 22:13; 22:15; 23:2; 23:4; 25:5; 25:5; 25:8; 28:6; 28:16; 30:8; 30:21

2 Samuel

2:1; 3:13; 5:19; 5:23; 8:10; 11:7; 14:18; 16:23; 20:18

1 Kings

2:20; 2:20; 2:22; 2:22; 3:5; 3:10; 3:11; 19:4

2 Kings

2:9; 2:10; 4:3; 6:5; 6:5; 8:6

1 Chronicles

10:13; 14:10; 14:14; 18:10

2 Chronicles

1:7; 11:23

Ezra

8:22

Nehemiah

1:2; 13:6

Job

8:8; 12:7; 21:29; 31:30

Psalms

2:8; 27:4; 105:40; 109:10; 122:6; 137:3; 137:3

Proverbs

20:4

Ecclesiastes

2:10; 7:10

Isaiah

7:11; 7:11; 7:12; 30:2; 45:11; 45:11; 65:1

Jeremiah

6:16; 15:5; 18:13; 30:6; 37:13; 38:14; 38:27; 50:5

Ezekiel

21:26

Hosea

4:12

Jonah

4:8

Micah

7:3

Zechariah

10:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7592 matches the Hebrew שָׁאַל (šā'al),
which occurs 176 times in 157 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (1Ch 10:13–Jer 50:5)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking H7592 counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:10 - And David enquired H7592 of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - Therefore David enquired H7592 again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire H7592 of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:7 - In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask H7592 what I shall give thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked H7592 riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked H7592 long life; but hast asked H7592 wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, H7592 beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired H7592 many wives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require H7592 of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked H7592 them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave H7592 of the king:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 - For enquire, H7592 I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - But ask H7592 now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:29 - Have ye not asked H7592 them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing H7592 a curse to his soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand H7592 of thee, and answer thou me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7 - Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand H7592 of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:4 - Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand H7592 of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask H7592 of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:4 - He asked H7592 life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One thing have I desired H7592 of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 - False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge H7592 things that I knew not.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. H7592
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - And they tempted God in their heart by asking H7592 meat for their lust.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40 - The people asked, H7592 and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:10 - Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: H7592 let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray H7592 for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - For there they that carried us away captive required H7592 of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:4 - The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg H7592 H7592 in harvest, and have nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - Two things have I required H7592 of thee; deny me them not before I die:
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired H7592 I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire H7592 wisely concerning this.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - Ask H7592 thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask H7592 it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - But Ahaz said, I will not ask, H7592 neither will I tempt the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked H7592 at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:28 - For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked H7592 of them, could answer a word.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:11 - Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask H7592 me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask H7592 of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1 - I am sought of them that asked H7592 not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask H7592 for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask H7592 how thou doest?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask H7592 ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask H7592 thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - Ask H7592 ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17 - And they asked H7592 Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked H7592 him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14 - Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask H7592 thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:27 - Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked H7592 him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:19 - O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask H7592 him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:5 - They shall ask H7592 the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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