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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. 1 Chronicles 10:13

    So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

    לִשְׁא֥וֹל (שְׁא֥וֹל) sh.'ol “consult”

  2. 1 Chronicles 14:10

    And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

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

  3. 1 Chronicles 14:14

    And David went for directions to God; and God said to him, You are not to go up after them; but, turning away from them, come face to face with them opposite the spice-trees.

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

  4. 1 Chronicles 18:10

    He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

    לִשְׁאָל (שְׁאָל) sh.'ol- “ask”

  5. 2 Chronicles 1:7

    In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

    שְׁאַ֖ל she.'Al “ask”

  6. 2 Chronicles 1:11

    And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you ma

    שָׁ֠אַלְתָּ Sha.'al.ta “you have asked for”שָׁאָ֑לְתָּ sha.'A.le.ta “you have asked for”וַתִּֽשְׁאַל־ (תִּֽשְׁאַל) tish.'al- “you have asked for”

  7. 2 Chronicles 9:12

    And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

    שָׁאָ֔לָה sha.'A.lah “she asked”

  8. 2 Chronicles 11:23

    And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

    וַיִּשְׁאַ֖ל (יִּשְׁאַ֖ל) i.yish.'Al “he sought”

  9. Ezra 8:22

    For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

    לִשְׁא֤וֹל (שְׁא֤וֹל) sh.'ol “ask”

  10. Nehemiah 1:2

    That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,

    וָאֶשְׁאָלֵ֞ם (אֶשְׁאָלֵ֞) 'esh.'a.Le “I asked”

  11. Nehemiah 13:6

    But all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, I went to the king; and after some days, I got the king to let me go,

    נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי nish.'Al.ti “I requested leave of absence”

  12. Job 8:8

    Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

    שְׁאַל־ she.'al- “ask”

  13. Job 12:7

    But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

    שְׁאַל־ she.'al- “ask”

  14. Job 21:29

    Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?

    שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם She.'el.tem “have you asked”

  15. Job 31:30

    (For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

    לִשְׁאֹ֖ל (שְׁאֹ֖ל) sh.'Ol “asking for”

  16. Job 38:3

    Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ (אֶשְׁאָלְ) 'esh.'al. “I will ask”

  17. Job 40:2

    Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ (אֶ֝שְׁאָלְ) 'esh.'al. “I will ask”

  18. Job 42:4

    Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ (אֶ֝שְׁאָלְ) 'esh.'al. “I will ask”

  19. Psalms 2:8

    Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

    שְׁאַ֤ל she.'Al “ask”

  20. Psalms 21:4

    He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

    שָׁאַ֣ל sha.'Al “he asked”

  21. Psalms 27:4

    One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

    שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי sha.'Al.ti “I have asked”

  22. Psalms 35:11

    False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

    יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃ (יִשְׁאָלֽוּ) yish.'a.Lu. “they ask”

  23. Psalms 40:6

    You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

    שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃ sha.'A.le.ta “you asked for”

  24. Psalms 78:18

    Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

    לִֽשְׁאָל־ (שְׁאָל) sh.'ol- “requesting”

  25. Psalms 105:40

    At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

    שָׁאַ֣ל sha.'Al “he asked”