Original Language Studio
Genesis 38:21
“Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁאַלshâʼal · shaw-al'
H7592 · Hebrew
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
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּשְׁאַ֞ל — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 176 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:47Genesis 24:57Genesis 26:7Genesis 32:18Genesis 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.