מִשְׁאָלָה
mishʼâlâh · H4862 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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request
Action by which humans request (other) humans or deities to give them something or do something for them
ExamplesPsalm 20:5 We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the LORD fulfill all your desires.
Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֵבheart, mind 1
- ךָyour 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- בַּקָּשָׁה baqqâshâh · H1246 · request
- Hebrew synonym from the root בקשׁ meaning request or petition; semantically overlaps with מִשְׁאָלָה as both denote a formal petition or desire expressed to another, though בַּקָּשָׁה emphasizes the seeking aspect.
- תְּפִלָּה tᵉphillâh · H8605 · prayer
- Hebrew term for prayer or petition to God; it shares the semantic field of petition/request with מִשְׁאָלָה, though תְּפִלָּה typically denotes prayer in a religious context while מִשְׁאָלָה is the more general term for desire or petition.
In the other Testament 2 words
- αἴτημα aítēma · G155 · request, demand, what was being asked for
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew petition/request terminology; αἴτημα denotes a formal request or petition, directly paralleling מִשְׁאָלָה's sense of a specific desire or petition presented to another.
- δέησις déēsis · G1162 · request, plea, prayer
- Greek term for petition or earnest request; δέησις commonly renders Hebrew petition vocabulary in LXX and overlaps semantically with מִשְׁאָלָה as a formal entreaty or supplication.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Speak002004001009008
- The word denotes a desire or petition, a spoken request made to another.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4862. mishalah [מִשׁאָלָה] noun feminine request, petition; — plural construct לִבָּ֑ךָ…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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