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H7592שָׁאַלsha.al

to askPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 13
  2. 7
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. 8
  6. 5
  7. 14
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 31
  10. 11
  11. 15
  12. 6
  13. 5
  14. 6
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 10
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 7
  24. 11
  25. 1
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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171 occurrences in 157 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:16

    In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

    שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ sha.'Al.ta “you asked”

  2. Deuteronomy 32:7

    Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

    שְׁאַ֤ל she.'Al “ask”

  3. Joshua 4:6

    So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    יִשְׁאָל֨וּן (יִשְׁאָל֨וּ) yish.'a.Lu “they will ask”

  4. Joshua 4:21

    And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    יִשְׁאָל֨וּן (יִשְׁאָל֨וּ) yish.'a.Lu “they will ask”

  5. Joshua 9:14

    And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.

    שָׁאָֽלוּ׃ sha.'A.lu “they asked”

  6. Joshua 15:18

    Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

    לִשְׁא֤וֹל (שְׁא֤וֹל) sh.'ol “ask”

  7. Joshua 19:50

    By the orders of the Lord they gave him the town for which he made request, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim: there, after building the town, he made his living-place.

    שָׁאָ֔ל sha.'Al “he asked for”

  8. Judges 1:1

    Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

    וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙ (יִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙) i.yish.'a.Lu “they enquired”

  9. Judges 1:14

    Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

    לִשְׁא֤וֹל (שְׁא֤וֹל) sh.'ol “ask”

  10. Judges 4:20

    And he said to her, Take your place at the door of the tent, and if anyone comes and says to you, Is there any man here, say, No.

    וּשְׁאֵלֵ֗ךְ (שְׁאֵלֵ֗) she.'e.Le “he will ask”

  11. Judges 5:25

    His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.

    שָׁאַ֖ל sha.'Al “he asked”

  12. Judges 8:14

    And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.

    וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ (יִּשְׁאָלֵ֑) i.yish.'a.Le. “he enquired of”

  13. Judges 8:24

    Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

    אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה 'esh.'a.Lah “let me ask”

  14. Judges 8:26

    The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

    שָׁאָ֔ל sha.'Al “he asked for”

  15. Judges 13:6

    Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

    שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ (שְׁאִלְתִּ֙י) she.'il.Ti. “I asked”

  16. Judges 13:18

    But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

    תִּשְׁאַ֣ל tish.'Al “are you asking”

  17. Judges 18:5

    Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

    שְׁאַל־ she.'al- “enquire”

  18. Judges 18:15

    And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

    וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ (יִּשְׁאֲלוּ) i.yish.'a.lu- “they asked”

  19. Judges 20:18

    And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

    וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ (יִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ) i.yish.'a.Lu “they asked”

  20. Judges 20:23

    Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

    וַיִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ (יִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ) i.yish.'a.Lu “they enquired”

  21. Judges 20:27

    And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

    וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ (יִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ) i.yish.'a.Lu “they enquired”

  22. 1 Samuel 1:17

    Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

    שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ sha.'Alt “you have asked”

  23. 1 Samuel 1:20

    Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

    שְׁאִלְתִּֽיו׃ (שְׁאִלְתִּֽי) she.'il.Ti “I asked for”

  24. 1 Samuel 1:27

    My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

    שָׁאַ֖לְתִּי sha.'Al.ti “I asked”

  25. 1 Samuel 1:28

    So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

    הִשְׁאִלְתִּ֙הוּ֙ (הִשְׁאִלְתִּ֙) hish.'il.Ti. “I entrust”שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul “[is] asked”