Original Language Studio
Genesis 26:7
“And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- וַֽ — conjunction
- יִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 176 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:47Genesis 24:57Genesis 32:18Genesis 32:30Genesis 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.
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.