# H7592 שָׁאַל

שָׁאַל (shâʼal), Strong’s H7592: 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…

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*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.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=57) — They said, “We will call the young lady, and ask her.”
- [Genesis 26:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=18) — He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are…
- [Genesis 32:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=7) — They said, “The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still…
- [Genesis 43:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=27) — He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”