Word

שְׁאֵלָה

shᵉʼêlâh · H7596 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

request

Action by which humans experience a desire for something to happen and communicate this to (other) humans or deities in the hope that they will intenvene on their behalf

Examples
1 Samuel 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of Him.”
1 Samuel 1:27 “For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my request which I asked of Him.
1 Samuel 2:20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the LORD give you children from this woman in place of the one she requested of the LORD.” And they went to their own home.

How it’s used In 6 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

10 occurrences in 3 groups

יmy 5
ךְyour 4
הֶםtheir 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

5 occurrences in 3 groups

שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 3
אֶחָדone 2
קָטָןsmall 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 2 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 4
שָׁאַלto ask, to inquire, to request 3

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

מָהwhat?, why? 3

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 2
בin/on/with 2

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.

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.

Near synonyms 1 word

בַּקָּשָׁה baqqâshâh · H1246 · request: Both are nouns denoting a request or petition.

In the other Testament 1 word

αἴτημα aítēma · G155 · request, demand, what was being asked for: Greek αἴτημα (aítēma, G155) renders Hebrew שְׁאֵלָה (shᵉʼêlâh, H7596) as the standard term for a formal request or petition, particularly in contexts of asking from authority figures or in prayer.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Wish002004002001001: 1 Samuel 1:17 has Eli say, "may the God of Israel grant your request that you have asked of Him," directly attesting the desired petition this word denotes.
Speak002004001009008: Judges 8:24 has Gideon say, "I would request of you, that each of you give me an earring," attesting the voiced act of requesting this word can describe.
Think002004002013: 1 Samuel 1:27 has Hannah recall, "For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my request," attesting the earnestly considered petition, deliberated and prayed over, that this word can carry.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁאַל shâʼal · H7592 · to ask, to inquire, to request · 171×שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl · H7585 · world of the dead · 66×שְׁאֵלָהshᵉʼêlâh · H7596שְׁאֵל shᵉʼêl · H7593 · ask, demand, require · 6×מִשְׁאָלָה mishʼâlâh · H4862 · request · 2×שְׁאֵלָא shᵉʼêlâʼ · H7595 · demand · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7596. sheelah or shelah שְׁאֵלָה [I. שֵׁלָה] noun feminine request, thing asked for: —…

H7596. sheelah
or shelah שְׁאֵלָה [I. שֵׁלָה] noun feminine request, thing asked for: — ׳שְׁא Jdg 8:24, +; suffix שְׁאֵלָתִּי 1Sa 1:27 +, שֶׁאֱלָתּי Job 6:8, שְׁאֵלָתֵךְ Est 5:6 +, שֵׁלָתֵךְ 1Sa 1:17, שֶׁאֱלָתָם Psa 106:15; —
1 request, petition, Jdg 8:24; 1Ki 2:16, 1Ki 2:20 (both accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שָׁאַל), Est 5:6-7, (with נָתַן = grant), Est 7:2-3, Est 9:12. This passes easily into
2 thing asked for, 1Sa 2:20, with נָתַן Est 5:8; Psa 106:15; שׁ ׳תָּבוֺא Job 6:8. — II.שֵׁלָה see below אֶשָׁתָּאֹל proper name, masculine, see above.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

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