שְׁאֵלָה

Biblical Hebrew

request — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

request tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁאֵלָה: n.f. request, thing asked for tree →

The whole BDB entry

[i. שֵׁלָה] n.f. request, thing asked for;—שְׁא׳ Ju 8:24 +; sf. שְׁאֵלָתִי 1 S 1:27 +, שֶׁאֱלָתִי Jb 6:8, שְׁאֵלָתֵךְ Est 5:6 +, שֵׁלָתֵךְ 1 S 1:17, שֶׁאֱלָתָם ψ 106:15;— request, petition, Ju 8:24; 1 K 2:16, 20 (both acc. cogn. c. שָׁאַל), Est 5:6, 7 (c. נָתַן = grant), 7:2, 3; 9:12. This passes easily into thing asked for, 1 S 2:20, c. נָתַן 1:17, 27; Est 5:8 ψ 106:15; תָּבוֹא שׁ׳ Jb 6:8.—ii. שֵׁלָה v. infr. אֶשְׁתָּאֹל n.pr.m., v. p. 84a.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: petition (1).

In the verses

1 Samuel 1:17 · tree →

וַיַּ֧עַן עֵלִ֛י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְכִ֣י לְשָׁל֑וֹם וֵאלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and he.answered Eli and he.said go to peace and the.God of.Israel may.he.grant (et) petition your which you.have.asked from with him

JPS 1917: Then Eli answered and said: 'Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of Him.'

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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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