H7592 שָׁאַל
shâʼal — to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom]…
Occurs 173 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁאַל 170 vb. ask, inquire
- Qal
- a ask, ask for
- b specif. ask as a fovour, for temporary use, i.e. borrow
- c in weakened sense, seek, desire (late)
- a inquire of
- b inquire of, consult, deity, oracle, etc.
- c in weakened sense, seek, desire (late)
- Niph. ask for oneself
- Pi.
- 1 inquire carefully
- 2 beg, practise beggary
- Hiph. (prop. let one ask [successfully], give, or lend, on request, then) grant, make over to (as a favour, with or without request)
Where it occurs
- Genesis 24:47 — I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to…
- Genesis 24:57 — They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”
- Genesis 26:7 — The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest…
- Genesis 32:18 — He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are…
- Genesis 32:30 — Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
- Genesis 37:15 — A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
- Genesis 38:21 — Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There…
- Genesis 40:7 — He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
- Genesis 43:7 — They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still…
- Genesis 43:27 — He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”