# H7596 שְׁאֵלָה

שְׁאֵלָה (shᵉʼêlâh), Strong’s H7596: a petition; by implication, a loan KJV: loan, petition, request.. Occurs 14 times.

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*shᵉʼêlâh* — a petition; by implication, a loan

KJV: loan, petition, request.

Derived from [שָׁאַל shâʼal](https://besorah.bible/word/H7592) (to inquire)

Occurs 14 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שְׁאֵלָה, [I. שֵׁלָה] n.f. request, thing asked for

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 8:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=24) — Gideon said to them, “I do have a request: that you would each give me the earrings of his plunder.” (For they had…
- [1 Samuel 1:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=17) — Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
- [1 Samuel 1:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=27) — I prayed for this child, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.
- [1 Samuel 2:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=20) — Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was…
- [1 Kings 2:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=16) — Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
- [1 Kings 2:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=20) — 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…
- [Psalms 106:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/106?v=15) — He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.
- [Job 6:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/6?v=8) — “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
- [Esther 5:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=6) — The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request?…
- [Esther 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=7) — Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.