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HebrewH7596Noun (Feminine)

שְׁאֵלָה

she.e.lah

14Occurrences
H7596Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a petition; by implication, a loan

or שֵׁלָה; (1 Samuel 1:17), from H7592 (שָׁאַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. request, thing asked for, demand 1a) request, petition 1b) thing asked for Aramaic equivalent: she.e.la (*שְׁאֵלָא *"affair" H7595)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

שְׁאֵלָה appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Esther
6
1 Samuel
3
1 Kings
2
Judges
1
Job
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 2:16BSB

So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.”“State your request,” she told him.

1 Samuel 1:17BSB

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

1 Samuel 2:20BSB

And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.

Esther 5:7BSB

Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

Esther 7:2BSB

and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.