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title: מִשְׁאָלָה — request · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁאָלָה (4862), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: request. BDB 1906: n.f. request, petition;. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁאָלָה

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«מִשְׁאָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **request** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4862 · **BDB:** מִשְׁאָלָה²

### Glosses

requests (1); the.requests (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

request [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4862/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. request, petition; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4862/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. request, petition;—pl. cstr. מִשְׁאֲלֹת לִבֶּ֑ךָ ψ 37:4 (c. נָתַן, of י׳); sf. מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶיךָ 20:6 (c. מִלֵּא, of י׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁאָלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4862/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.4/)

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וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג עַל־יְהוָ֑ה וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗ מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת לִבֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and take.delight on Yahweh and he.will.give to you the.requests your.heart your

*JPS 1917:* So shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.

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[Psalms 20:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.20.6/)

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נְרַנְּנָ֤ה ׀ בִּ֘ישׁ֤וּעָתֶ֗ךָ וּבְשֵֽׁם־אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ נִדְגֹּ֑ל יְמַלֵּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* we.will.shout.for.joy at victory your and in the.name our.God our we.will.raise.a.banner may.he.fulfill Yahweh all requests your

*JPS 1917:* We will shout for joy in thy victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our standards; the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

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