H7596

שְׁאֵלָה

she.e.lahH:N-F

petition

1) request, thing asked for, demand 1a) request, petition 1b) thing asked for Aramaic equivalent: she.e.la (שְׁאֵלָא "affair" H7595)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שְׁאֵלָה [I. שֵׁלָה] noun feminine request, thing asked for: — ׳שְׁא Judg 8:24, +; suffix שְׁאֵלָתִּי 1Sam 1:27 +, שֶׁאֱלָתּי Job 6:8, שְׁאֵלָתֵךְ Esth 5:6 +, שֵׁלָתֵךְ 1Sam 1:17, שֶׁאֱלָתָם Ps 106:15 —

1. request, petition, Judg 8:24; 1Kgs 2:16; 1Kgs 2:20 (both accusative of congnate meaning with verb with שָׁאַל), Esth 5:6; Esth 5:7 (with נָתַן = grant), Esth 7:2; Esth 7:3; Esth 9:12. This passes easily into

2. thing asked for, 1Sam 2:20, with נָתַן Esth 5:8; Ps 106:15 ׳תָּבוֺא שׁ Job 6:8. — II. שֵׁלָה see below אֶשָׁתָּאֹל proper name, masculine, see above.

שָׁלוּ noun feminine neglect, remissness (ᵑ7 id.); — absolute ׳שׁ Ezra 4:22; Ezra 6:9; Dan 6:5 + Dan 3:29 Qr; Kt שׁלה usually thought an error for שׁלו; Hi Bev M (perhaps) explained as שֵׁלָה = שְׁאֵלָה = thing, affair (Dan 4:14).

14 occurrences

Judges (1), I Samuel (3), I Kings (2), Esther (6), Job (1), Psalms (1)