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Exodus 3:22

“But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁאַלshâʼal · shaw-al'
H7592 · Hebrew

Definition: to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Derivation: or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root;
KJV renderings: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
שָׁאֲלָ֨ה — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3fs
Usage: Occurs 176 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:47 Genesis 24:57 Genesis 26:7 Genesis 32:18 Genesis 32:30

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁאַל here.

Verse 21

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.