Lexicon :: Strong's H7592 - šā'al

“Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you? ’ She responded, ‘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.

So they said, “Let’s call the girl and ask her opinion.”[fn]

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place will kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is a beautiful woman.”

And he told the first one, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you? ’

Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.”

But he answered, “Why do you ask my name? ” And he blessed him there.

A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for? ”

He asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim? ”

“There has been no cult prostitute here,” they answered.

So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today? ”

They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? ’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’? ”

He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive? ”

“My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother? ’

“Each woman will 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.”

“Now announce to the people that both men and women should ask their neighbors for silver and gold items.”

The Israelites acted on Moses’s word and asked the Egyptians for silver and gold items and for clothing.

“In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean? ’ say to him, ‘By the strength of his hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been[fn] and went into the tent.

“When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution.

“He will stand before the priest Eleazar who will consult the LORD for him with the decision of the Urim. He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.”

“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind[fn] on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you? ’

“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul?

“you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report turns out to be true that this detestable act has been done among you,

“You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family.

“cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead.

“This is what you requested from the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die! ’

Remember the days of old;

consider the years of past generations.

Ask your father, and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will teach you.

“so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you? ’

and he said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones? ’

Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but did not seek the LORD’s decision.

When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you? ”

By the LORD’s command, they gave him the city Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, which he requested. He rebuilt the city and lived in it.

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to fight for us against the Canaanites? ”

When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want? ”

Then he said to her, “Stand at the entrance to the tent. If a man comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here? ’ say, ‘No.’ ”

He asked for water; she gave him milk.

She brought him cream in a majestic bowl.

He captured a youth from the men of Succoth and interrogated him. The youth wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

Then he said to them, “Let me make a request of you: Everyone give me an earring from his plunder.” Now the enemy had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.

The weight of the gold earrings he requested was forty-three pounds[fn] of gold, in addition to the crescent ornaments and ear pendants, the purple garments on the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

Then the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring angel of God. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.

“Why do you ask my name,” the angel of the LORD asked him, “since it is beyond understanding?”

Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God for us to determine if we will have a successful journey.”

So they detoured there and went to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him.

They set out, went to Bethel, and inquired of God. The Israelites asked, “Who is to go first to fight for us against the Benjaminites? ”

And the LORD answered, “Judah will be first.”

They went up, wept before the LORD until evening, and inquired of him, “Should we again attack our brothers the Benjaminites? ”

And the LORD answered, “Fight against them.”

Then the Israelites inquired of the LORD. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

Eli responded, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request you’ve made of him.”

After some time,[fn] Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[fn] because she said, “I requested him from the LORD.”

“I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD gave me what I asked him for,