{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7596",
  "lemma": "שְׁאֵלָה",
  "transliteration": "shᵉʼêlâh",
  "definition": "a petition; by implication, a loan",
  "kjv": "loan, petition, request.",
  "occurrences": 14,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7592",
      "lemma": "שָׁאַל",
      "transliteration": "shâʼal",
      "meaning": "to inquire",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שְׁאֵלָה, [I. שֵׁלָה] n.f. request, thing asked for"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 8:24",
      "text": "Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:17",
      "text": "Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 1:27",
      "text": "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:20",
      "text": "Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 2:16",
      "text": "Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 2:20",
      "text": "Then she said, “I ask one small petition of you; don’t deny me.” The king said to her, “Ask on, my mother, for I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 106:15",
      "text": "He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/106?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 6:8",
      "text": "“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/6?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:6",
      "text": "The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request?…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:7",
      "text": "Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=7"
    }
  ],
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