שְׁאֵל

Biblical Aramaic

ask — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

ask tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁאֵל: vb. ask tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. ask (v. BH);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Dn 2:10; pl. שְׁאֵ֫לְנָא Ezr 5:9, 10; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יִשְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן Ezr 7:21; Pt. act. שָׁאֵל Dn 2:11, 27;— ask for, request, acc. rei Dn 2:10 (ל pers.), v 11, 27 Ezr 7:21 (sf. pers.). inquire about, for, acc. rei Ezr 5:9 (ל pers.); sq. orat. rect. v 10 (id.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is] asking (2); we asked (2); he (1).

In the verses

Ezra 5:10 · tree →

וְאַ֧ף שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא לְּהֹ֖םלְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י נִכְתֻּ֥ב שֻׁם־גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א דִּ֥י בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ס

Word for word: and also names their we.asked to them to make known.to.you (diy).that we.will.write the.name of the.men who [are].at heads their

JPS 1917: We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

Daniel 2:27 · tree →

עָנֵ֧ה דָנִיֵּ֛אל קֳדָ֥ם מַלְכָּ֖א וְאָמַ֑ר רָזָה֙ דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א שָׁאֵ֔ל לָ֧א חַכִּימִ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין חַרְטֻמִּין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין יָכְלִ֖ין לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃

Word for word: [was].replying Daniel before the king and.[was] saying the secret which the king [is].asking not wise.men conjurers magicians astrologers [are].being.able to declare to the king

JPS 1917: Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king;

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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