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title: שְׁאֵל — ask · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁאֵל (lemma:שְׁאֵל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: ask. BDB 1906: vb. ask. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁאֵל

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«שְׁאֵל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **ask** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁאֵל · **BDB:** שְׁאֵל

### Glosses

\[is\].asking (2); we.asked (2); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.).

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d0_5b5_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.10/)

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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.

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[Daniel 2:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.27/)

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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;

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