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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:20

    And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: 'The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD.' And they would go unto their own home.

    שָׁאַ֖ל sha.'Al “someone asked”

  2. 1 Samuel 8:10

    And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.

    הַשֹּׁאֲלִ֥ים (שֹּׁאֲלִ֥ים) sho.'a.Lim “were asking”

  3. 1 Samuel 10:4

    And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand.

    וְשָׁאֲל֥וּ (שָׁאֲל֥וּ) sha.'a.Lu “they will ask”

  4. 1 Samuel 10:22

    Therefore they asked of the LORD further: 'Is there yet a man come hither?' And the LORD answered: 'Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.'

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

  5. 1 Samuel 12:13

    Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for; and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

    שְׁאֶלְתֶּ֑ם she.'el.Tem “you asked for”

  6. 1 Samuel 12:17

    Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.'

    לִשְׁא֥וֹל (שְׁא֥וֹל) sh.'ol “asking”

  7. 1 Samuel 12:19

    And all the people said unto Samuel: 'Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.'

    לִשְׁאֹ֥ל (שְׁאֹ֥ל) sh.'Ol “asking”

  8. 1 Samuel 14:37

    And Saul asked counsel of God: 'Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt Thou deliver them into the hand of Israel?' But He answered him not that day.

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (יִּשְׁאַ֤ל) i.yish.'Al “he enquired”

  9. 1 Samuel 17:22

    And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brethren.

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֥ל (יִּשְׁאַ֥ל) i.yish.'Al “he asked”

  10. 1 Samuel 17:56

    And the king said: 'Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.'

    שְׁאַ֣ל she.'Al “ask”

  11. 1 Samuel 19:22

    Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great cistern that is in Secu; and he asked and said: 'Where are Samuel and David?' And one said: 'Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.'

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֣ל (יִּשְׁאַ֣ל) i.yish.'Al “he asked”

  12. 1 Samuel 20:6

    If thy father miss me at all, then say: David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

    נִשְׁאֹל֩ nish.'Ol “certainly <to ask>”נִשְׁאַ֨ל nish.'Al “he asked for himself”

  13. 1 Samuel 20:28

    And Jonathan answered Saul: 'David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem;

    נִשְׁאֹ֨ל nish.'Ol “certainly <to ask>”נִשְׁאַ֥ל nish.'Al “he asked for himself”

  14. 1 Samuel 22:10

    And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.'

    וַיִּשְׁאַל־ (יִּשְׁאַל) i.yish.'al- “he enquired”

  15. 1 Samuel 22:13

    And Saul said unto him: 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?'

    וְשָׁא֥וֹל (שָׁא֥וֹל) sha.'ol “[you] enquired”

  16. 1 Samuel 22:15

    Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.'

    לִשְׁאָל (שְׁאָל) sha.'ol- “enquire”

  17. 1 Samuel 23:2

    Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go and smite these Philistines?' And the LORD said unto David: 'Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.'

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל (יִּשְׁאַ֨ל) i.yish.'Al “he enquired”

  18. 1 Samuel 23:4

    Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said: 'Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.'

    לִשְׁאֹ֣ל (שְׁאֹ֣ל) sh.'Ol “enquire”

  19. 1 Samuel 25:5

    And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men: 'Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name;

    וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־ (שְׁאֶלְתֶּם) she.'el.tem- “you will ask”

  20. 1 Samuel 25:8

    Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.'

    שְׁאַ֨ל she.'Al “ask”

  21. 1 Samuel 28:6

    And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (יִּשְׁאַ֤ל) i.yish.'Al “he enquired”

  22. 1 Samuel 28:16

    And Samuel said: `Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

    תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִי (תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑) tish.'a.Le. “do you ask”

  23. 1 Samuel 30:8

    And David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them?' And He answered him: 'Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all.'

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל (יִּשְׁאַ֨ל) i.yish.'Al “he enquired”

  24. 1 Samuel 30:21

    And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and when David came near to the

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֥ל (יִּשְׁאַ֥ל) i.yish.'Al “he asked”

  25. 2 Samuel 2:1

    And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?' And the LORD said unto him: 'Go up.' And David said: 'Whither shall I go up?' And He said: 'Unto Hebron.'

    וַיִּשְׁאַל֩ (יִּשְׁאַל֩) i.yish.'Al “he enquired”