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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

Renderings

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171 occurrences in 157 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Psalms 109:10

    Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

    וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ (שִׁאֵ֑לוּ) shi.'E.lu “they will beg”

  2. Psalms 122:6

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.

    שַׁ֭אֲלוּ Sha.'a.lu “ask for”

  3. Psalms 137:3

    For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'

    שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ (שְֽׁאֵל֪וּ) she.'e.Lu. “they asked”

  4. Proverbs 20:4

    The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

    וְשָׁאַ֖ל (שָׁאַ֖ל) yish.'al “he asks”

  5. Proverbs 30:7

    Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:

    שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי sha.'Al.ti “I ask”

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:10

    And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart had joy of all my labour; and this was my portion from all my labour.

    שָֽׁאֲל֣וּ sha.'a.Lu “they asked”

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:10

    Say not thou: 'How was it that the former days were better than these?' for it is not out of wisdom that thou inquirest concerning this.

    שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ sha.'Al.ta “you have asked”

  8. Isaiah 7:11

    'Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'

    שְׁאַל־ she.'al- “ask”

  9. Isaiah 7:12

    But Ahaz said: 'I will not ask, neither will I try the LORD.'

    אֶשְׁאַ֥ל 'esh.'Al “I will ask”

  10. Isaiah 30:2

    That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at My mouth; to take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

    שָׁאָ֑לוּ sha.'A.lu “they have consulted”

  11. Isaiah 41:28

    And I look, but there is no man; even among them, but there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can give an answer.

    וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖ם (אֶשְׁאָלֵ֖) 'esh.'a.Le “I will ask”

  12. Isaiah 45:11

    Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask Me of the things that are to come; concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands, command ye Me.

    שְׁאָל֔וּנִי (שְׁאָל֔וּ) she.'a.Lu. “ask”

  13. Isaiah 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 of Me righteous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.

    יִשְׁאָל֙וּנִי֙ (יִשְׁאָל֙וּ) yish.'a.Lu. “they ask”

  14. Isaiah 65:1

    I gave access to them that asked not for Me, I was at hand to them that sought Me not; I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me', unto a nation that was not called by My name.

    שָׁאָ֔לוּ sha.'A.lu “they had asked”

  15. Jeremiah 6:16

    Thus saith the LORD: stand ye in the ways and see, and ask 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.'

    וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀ (שַׁאֲל֣וּ) sha.'a.Lu “ask”

  16. Jeremiah 15:5

    For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall bemoan thee? Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

    לִשְׁאֹ֥ל (שְׁאֹ֥ל) sh.'Ol “ask”

  17. Jeremiah 18:13

    Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

    שַֽׁאֲלוּ־ sha.'a.lu- “ask”

  18. Jeremiah 23:33

    And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden! I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'

    יִשְׁאָלְךָ֩ (יִשְׁאָלְ) yish.'a.le. “it will ask”

  19. Jeremiah 30:6

    Ask 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?

    שַׁאֲלוּ־ sha.'a.lu- “ask”

  20. Jeremiah 36:17

    And they asked Baruch, saying: 'Tell us now: How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?'

    שָׁאֲל֖וּ sha.'a.Lu “they asked”

  21. Jeremiah 37:17

    then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from the LORD?' And Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.'

    וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ (יִּשְׁאָלֵ֨) i.yish.'a.Le. “he asked”

  22. Jeremiah 38:14

    Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that was in the house of the LORD; and the king said unto Jeremiah: 'I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.'

    שֹׁאֵ֨ל sho.'El “[am] about to ask”

  23. Jeremiah 38:27

    Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked 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 reported.

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

  24. Jeremiah 48:19

    O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say: 'What hath been done?'

    שַׁאֲלִי־ sha.'a.li- “ask”

  25. Jeremiah 50:5

    They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces hitherward: 'Come ye, and join yourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.'

    יִשְׁאָ֔לוּ yish.'A.lu “they will ask for”