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# 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁאֵל: vb. ask [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b5_5dc/#m2)

**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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.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

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b5_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b5_5dc/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).