{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7592",
  "lemma": "שָׁאַל",
  "transliteration": "shâʼal",
  "definition": "to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand",
  "kjv": "ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom]…",
  "occurrences": 173,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:47",
      "text": "I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:57",
      "text": "They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=57"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:7",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:18",
      "text": "He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:30",
      "text": "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.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:15",
      "text": "A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:21",
      "text": "Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:7",
      "text": "He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:7",
      "text": "They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:27",
      "text": "He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=27"
    }
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