Shᵉʼêl — H7593

Definition

verb

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

1. to ask
1. (P'al)
1. to ask for, request
2. to enquire for or about

Usually translated as

require, ask, demand

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7592

• Shâʼal (H7592)

Occurrences

Shᵉʼêl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (3), Daniel (3)

• Ezra 5:9 — Then asked (שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙) we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
• Ezra 5:10 — We asked (שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא) their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
• Ezra 7:21 — And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require (יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן) of you, it be done speedily,
• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked (שְׁאֵ֔ל) such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Daniel 2:11 — And it is a rare thing that the king requireth (שָׁאֵל֙), and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
• Daniel 2:27 — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded (שָׁאֵ֔ל) cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;