ישאל — Proverbs 20:4 Hebrew Word Study

ישאל

𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤋

yshl

he begs

or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand; ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.

H7592

Proverbs 20:4 · Word #5

Lexicon `H7592`

Lemma	שָׁאַל
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤔𐤀𐤋
Transliteration	shâʼal
Strong's	H7592
In-context	he begs

Morphology `HVqi3ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`q` — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation	`i` — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action
Person	`3` — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H7592-60`

he will ask

Root	שאל (sh-ʾ-l)
Core Meanings	asking, inquiring, requesting, seeking, petitioning
Semantic Range	to ask a question, to inquire for information, to request or petition, to seek counsel (especially of God), to demand, to borrow, to consult
Conceptual Significance	שאל is central in biblical narratives of seeking guidance—whether from YHWH, prophets, or others. It conveys dependence and relational appeal, often marking moments where leaders or individuals turn to divine or human authority for direction or provision.
Morphological Notes	Verb from the primitive root שאל; Qal stem (simple active); imperfect (yiqtol) 3rd masculine singular, indicating incomplete, future, or habitual action by a male subject.
Rendering Rationale	The root שאל carries the core idea of asking or inquiring. In the Qal stem it expresses the simple active action of asking or requesting. The morphology (Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular) is reflected by the future/ongoing sense "he will" and the masculine singular subject "he."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שאל (asking, inquiring, requesting, seeking, petitioning)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H7585-01`	bisheol	in Sheol (the Demanding Realm)
`H7592-01`	esheal	I will inquire
`H7592-02`	eshealah	let me ask
`H7592-03`	eshealekha	I will inquire of you (masculine singular)
`H847-01`	eshetaol	Place-of-Entreaty
`H7592-05`	hashoalim	the inquirers
`H7592-06`	hisheiletihu	I have lent him
`H7585-02`	kisheol	like Sheol—the Asking-Place
`H7586-01`	leshaul	to the Asked-for (man)
`H7956-01`	leshelah	to Shelah (“Asked-For”)
`H7592-07`	lisheal	to inquire/ask
`H7592-08`	lisheol	to inquire / to ask
`H7592-09`	lshvl	to ask, to inquire
`H7586-02`	mishaul	from Shaul (the Asked-one)
`H7585-03`	misheol	from Sheol, the Asking-Place
`H7592-10`	nisheal	the one being-asked
`H7592-11`	nishealeti	I was inquired of
`H7592-12`	nisheol	he was inquired of
`H7592-13`	shaal	he inquired
`H7592-14`	shaalah	she inquired
`H7592-15`	shaaleta	you have inquired
`H7592-16`	shaalete	you (feminine singular) have inquired
`H7592-17`	shaaleti	I have inquired
`H7592-18`	shaali	Inquire!
`H7592-19`	shaalu	they inquired; you (masculine plural), inquire!
`H7593-01`	shael	the asking one
`H7597-01`	shaletiel	I-Have-Asked-El
`H7592-20`	shaol	to inquire / ask
`H7586-03`	shaul	Asked-for One
`H7592-21`	sheal	Ask!
`H7597-02`	shealetiel	I-have-asked-God (masculine personal name)
`H7592-22`	shealuni	You men, inquire of me
`H410-09`	sheel	he has asked
`H7596-01`	sheelah	an asking
`H7596-02`	sheelatekhe	your asking-request
`H7596-03`	sheelati	my asking-petition
`H7593-02`	sheelena	we inquired
`H7592-23`	sheeletem	you (masculine plural) inquired
`H7592-24`	sheelunu	they inquired of us
`H7592-25`	sheiletihu	I inquired of him
`H7592-26`	sheiletiv	I have inquired of him
`H7956-02`	shelah	Asked-for One
`H7585-04`	sheol	the Asking-Place
`H7585-05`	sheolah	Sheol-ward
`H7592-27`	shoel	the inquiring one
`H7592-28`	shoelet	she who is asking
`H7592-29`	tisheal	you inquire
`H7592-30`	tishealekha	she inquires of you
`H7592-31`	tishealeni	you inquire of me
`H7592-32`	usheelekhe	and he inquired of you (feminine singular)
`H7592-33`	usheeletem	and you all inquired
`H7592-34`	vaesheal	And I inquired
`H7592-35`	vaeshealem	and I inquired of them
`H7592-36`	vatisheal	and you inquired
`H7592-37`	vayasheilum	and they lent to them
`H7592-38`	vayisheal	and he inquired
`H7592-39`	vayishealehu	and he inquired of him
`H7592-40`	vayishealu	and they inquired
`H7592-41`	veeshealekha	and I will inquire of you
`H7592-42`	veeshealem	and I will inquire of them
`H7592-43`	venishealah	and let us inquire
`H7592-44`	veshaal	and he inquired
`H7592-45`	veshaalah	and she inquired
`H7592-46`	veshaaleta	and you inquired
`H7592-47`	veshaali	and you (feminine), inquire!
`H7592-48`	veshaalu	and they inquired / and inquire (you, masculine plural)
`H7592-49`	veshaol	and he asked
`H7586-05`	veshaul	and Asked-for
`H7956-03`	veshelah	and Asked-For (Shelah)
`H7592-50`	veshielu	and they asked
`H7592-51`	veshoel	and an inquiring one
`H7592-52`	veyishealu	and let them inquire
`H7592-53`	visheelekha	and he inquired of you
`H7592-54`	yeshaalu	they would earnestly ask
`H7592-55`	yisheal	he will inquire
`H7592-56`	yishealekha	he will inquire of you
`H7592-57`	yishealu	they will inquire
`H7592-58`	yishealun	they will inquire
`H7592-59`	yishealuni	they will inquire of me

Word Usage (176 occurrences of H7592)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 24:47	וָ/אֶשְׁאַ֣ל	vaesheal	And I asked
Genesis 24:57	וְ/נִשְׁאֲלָ֖ה	venishealah	and ask
Genesis 26:7	וַֽ/יִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ	vayishealu	asked
Genesis 32:18	וִ/שְׁאֵֽלְ/ךָ֙	visheelekha	and asks you
Genesis 32:30	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֣ל	vayisheal	asked
Genesis 32:30	תִּשְׁאַ֣ל	tisheal	do you ask
Genesis 37:15	וַ/יִּשְׁאָלֵ֧/הוּ	vayishealehu	and asked him
Genesis 38:21	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֞ל	vayisheal	he asked
Genesis 40:7	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֞ל	vayisheal	and he asked
Genesis 43:7	שָׁא֣וֹל	shaol	asked
Genesis 43:7	שָֽׁאַל	shaal	he asked
Genesis 43:27	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vayisheal	and he asked
Genesis 44:19	שָׁאַ֔ל	shaal	asked
Exodus 3:22	וְ/שָׁאֲלָ֨ה	veshaalah	But each woman shall ask
Exodus 11:2	וְ/יִשְׁאֲל֞וּ	veyishealu	and let them ask
Exodus 12:35	וַֽ/יִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙	vayishealu	and they asked
Exodus 12:36	וַ/יַּשְׁאִל֑וּ/ם	vayasheilum	and they asked them
Exodus 13:14	יִשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֥	yishealekha	your son asks you
Exodus 18:7	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ	vayishealu	and they asked
Exodus 22:13	יִשְׁאַ֥ל	yisheal	he borrows
Numbers 27:21	וְ/שָׁ֥אַל	veshaal	and ask
Deuteronomy 4:32	שְׁאַל	sheal	ask
Deuteronomy 6:20	יִשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֥	yishealekha	your son asks
Deuteronomy 10:12	שֹׁאֵ֖ל	shoel	asks
Deuteronomy 13:15	וְ/שָׁאַלְתָּ֖	veshaaleta	and ask
Deuteronomy 14:26	תִּֽשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֖	tishealekha	asks of you
Deuteronomy 18:11	וְ/שֹׁאֵ֥ל	veshoel	or a consulter
Deuteronomy 18:16	שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ	shaaleta	you asked
Deuteronomy 32:7	שְׁאַ֤ל	sheal	ask
Joshua 4:6	יִשְׁאָל֨וּ/ן	yishealun	your children ask
Joshua 4:21	יִשְׁאָל֨וּ/ן	yishealun	your children ask
Joshua 9:14	שָׁאָֽלוּ	shaalu	asked
Joshua 15:18	לִ/שְׁא֤וֹל	lisheol	to ask
Joshua 19:50	שָׁאָ֔ל	shaal	he asked
Judges 1:1	וַֽ/יִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙	vayishealu	and asked
Judges 1:14	לִ/שְׁא֤וֹל	lisheol	to ask
Judges 4:20	וּ/שְׁאֵלֵ֗/ךְ	usheelekhe	and asks you
Judges 5:25	שָׁאַ֖ל	shaal	he asked
Judges 8:14	וַ/יִּשְׁאָלֵ֑/הוּ	vayishealehu	and questioned him
Judges 8:24	אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה	eshealah	let me make a request
Judges 8:26	שָׁאָ֔ל	shaal	he requested
Judges 13:6	שְׁאִלְתִּ֨י/הוּ֙	sheiletihu	I asked him
Judges 13:18	תִּשְׁאַ֣ל	tisheal	do you ask
Judges 18:5	שְׁאַל	sheal	Inquire
Judges 18:15	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲלוּ	vayishealu	and they asked
Judges 20:18	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ	vayishealu	and inquired
Judges 20:23	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ	vayishealu	and they inquired
Judges 20:27	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ	vayishealu	and inquired
1 Samuel 1:17	שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ	shaalete	you have asked
1 Samuel 1:20	שְׁאִלְתִּֽי/ו	sheiletiv	I have asked him
1 Samuel 1:27	שָׁאַ֖לְתִּי	shaaleti	I asked
1 Samuel 1:28	הִשְׁאִלְתִּ֨/הוּ֙	hisheiletihu	have dedicated him
1 Samuel 1:28	שָׁא֖וּל	shaul	is dedicated
1 Samuel 2:20	שָׁאַ֖ל	shaal	he asked
1 Samuel 8:10	הַ/שֹּׁאֲלִ֥ים	hashoalim	asking
1 Samuel 10:4	וְ/שָׁאֲל֥וּ	veshaalu	and they will greet
1 Samuel 10:22	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲלוּ	vayishealu	they inquired
1 Samuel 12:13	שְׁאֶלְתֶּ֑ם	sheeletem	you have asked for
1 Samuel 12:17	לִ/שְׁא֥וֹל	lisheol	in asking
1 Samuel 12:19	לִ/שְׁאֹ֥ל	lisheol	to ask
1 Samuel 14:37	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vayisheal	And he inquired
1 Samuel 17:22	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֥ל	vayisheal	and asked
1 Samuel 17:56	שְׁאַ֣ל	sheal	Inquire
1 Samuel 19:22	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֣ל	vayisheal	and he asked
1 Samuel 20:6	נִשְׁאֹל֩	nisheol	asked
1 Samuel 20:6	נִשְׁאַ֨ל	nisheal	permission
1 Samuel 20:28	נִשְׁאֹ֨ל	nisheol	asked
1 Samuel 20:28	נִשְׁאַ֥ל	nisheal	permission
1 Samuel 22:10	וַ/יִּשְׁאַל	vayisheal	and he inquired
1 Samuel 22:13	וְ/שָׁא֥וֹל	veshaol	and inquired
1 Samuel 22:15	ל/שאול	lshvl	to inquire
1 Samuel 22:15	לִ/שְׁאָל	lisheal	to inquire
1 Samuel 22:15	ל֥/וֹ	lo	for him
1 Samuel 23:2	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל	vayisheal	and inquired
1 Samuel 23:4	לִ/שְׁאֹ֣ל	lisheol	to inquire
1 Samuel 25:5	וּ/שְׁאֶלְתֶּם	usheeletem	and ask
1 Samuel 25:8	שְׁאַ֨ל	sheal	Ask
1 Samuel 28:6	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vayisheal	and he inquired
1 Samuel 28:16	תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑/נִי	tishealeni	do you ask me
1 Samuel 30:8	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל	vayisheal	and David inquired
1 Samuel 30:21	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֥ל	vayisheal	and-he-asked
2 Samuel 2:1	וַ/יִּשְׁאַל֩	vayisheal	and David inquired
2 Samuel 3:13	שֹׁאֵ֨ל	shoel	require
2 Samuel 5:19	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל	vayisheal	and David inquired
2 Samuel 5:23	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vayisheal	and inquired
2 Samuel 8:10	לִ/שְׁאָל	lisheal	to ask
2 Samuel 11:7	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֣ל	vayisheal	and he asked
2 Samuel 12:20	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֕ל	vayisheal	and asked
2 Samuel 14:18	שֹׁאֵ֣ל	shoel	am asking
2 Samuel 16:23	יִשְׁאַל	yisheal	one should ask
2 Samuel 20:18	שָׁאֹ֧ל	shaol	ask
2 Samuel 20:18	יְשָׁאֲל֛וּ	yeshaalu	they would ask
1 Kings 2:16	שֹׁאֵ֣ל	shoel	am asking
1 Kings 2:20	שֹׁאֶ֣לֶת	shoelet	am asking
1 Kings 2:20	שַׁאֲלִ֣י	shaali	Ask
1 Kings 2:22	שֹׁאֶ֜לֶת	shoelet	asking
1 Kings 2:22	וְ/שַֽׁאֲלִי	veshaali	ask for me
1 Kings 3:5	שְׁאַ֖ל	sheal	Ask
1 Kings 3:10	שָׁאַ֣ל	shaal	he had asked
1 Kings 3:11	שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ	shaaleta	you have asked
1 Kings 3:11	שָׁאַ֨לְתָּ	shaaleta-2	you have asked
1 Kings 3:11	שָׁאַ֤לְתָּ	shaaleta-3	you have asked
1 Kings 3:11	שָׁאַ֖לְתָּ	shaaleta-4	you have asked
1 Kings 3:11	וְ/שָׁאַ֧לְתָּ	veshaaleta	but you have asked
1 Kings 3:13	שָׁאַ֨לְתָּ֙	shaaleta	you asked
1 Kings 10:13	שָׁאָ֔לָה	shaalah	she-asked
1 Kings 19:4	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vayisheal	and he requested
2 Kings 2:9	שְׁאַל֙	sheal	Ask
2 Kings 2:10	לִ/שְׁא֑וֹל	lisheol	to ask
2 Kings 4:3	שַׁאֲלִי	shaali	ask/borrow
2 Kings 4:28	הֲ/שָׁאַ֥לְתִּי	hashaaleti	Did I ask
2 Kings 6:5	שָׁאֽוּל	shaul	was borrowed
2 Kings 8:6	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֥ל	vayisheal	and he asked
Isaiah 7:11	שְׁאַל	sheal	Ask
Isaiah 7:12	אֶשְׁאַ֥ל	esheal	I will ask
Isaiah 30:2	שָׁאָ֑לוּ	shaalu	have asked
Isaiah 41:28	וְ/אֶשְׁאָלֵ֖/ם	veeshealem	and I ask them
Isaiah 45:11	שְׁאָל֔וּ/נִי	shealuni	Ask me
Isaiah 58:2	יִשְׁאָל֨וּ/נִי֙	yishealuni	they-ask-me
Isaiah 65:1	שָׁאָ֔לוּ	shaalu	ask
Jeremiah 6:16	וְ/שַׁאֲל֣וּ	veshaalu	and ask
Jeremiah 15:5	לִ/שְׁאֹ֥ל	lisheol	to ask
Jeremiah 18:13	שַֽׁאֲלוּ	shaalu	Ask
Jeremiah 23:33	יִשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֩	yishealekha	they-ask-you
Jeremiah 30:6	שַׁאֲלוּ	shaalu	ask
Jeremiah 36:17	שָׁאֲל֖וּ	shaalu	they asked
Jeremiah 37:17	וַ/יִּשְׁאָלֵ֨/הוּ	vayishealehu	and asked him
Jeremiah 38:14	שֹׁאֵ֨ל	shoel	asking
Jeremiah 38:27	וַ/יִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ	vayishealu	and they asked
Jeremiah 48:19	שַׁאֲלִי	shaali	ask
Jeremiah 50:5	יִשְׁאָ֔לוּ	yishealu	they will ask
Ezekiel 21:26	שָׁאַ֣ל	shaal	he inquired
Hosea 4:12	יִשְׁאָ֔ל	yisheal	asks
Jonah 4:8	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vayisheal	and he asked
Micah 7:3	שֹׁאֵ֔ל	shoel	asks
Haggai 2:11	שְׁאַל	sheal	Ask
Zechariah 10:1	שַׁאֲל֨וּ	shaalu	Ask
Psalms 2:8	שְׁאַ֤ל	sheal	Ask
Psalms 21:5	שָׁאַ֣ל	shaal	he asked
Psalms 27:4	שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי	shaaleti	I have asked
Psalms 35:11	יִשְׁאָלֽוּ/נִי	yishealuni	ask me
Psalms 40:7	שָׁאָֽלְתָּ	shaaleta	you have asked
Psalms 78:18	לִֽ/שְׁאָל	lisheal	by asking
Psalms 105:40	שָׁאַ֣ל	shaal	They asked
Psalms 109:10	וְ/שִׁאֵ֑לוּ	veshielu	and beg
Psalms 122:6	שַׁ֭אֲלוּ	shaalu	Ask
Psalms 137:3	שְֽׁאֵל֪וּ/נוּ	sheelunu	asked us
Proverbs 20:4	ישאל	yshl	he begs
Proverbs 20:4	וְ/שָׁאַ֖ל	veshaal	and begs
Proverbs 30:7	שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי	shaaleti	I have asked
Job 8:8	שְׁאַל	sheal	inquire
Job 12:7	שְׁאַל	sheal	ask
Job 21:29	שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם	sheeletem	asked
Job 31:30	לִ/שְׁאֹ֖ל	lisheol	by asking
Job 38:3	וְ֝/אֶשְׁאָלְ/ךָ֗	veeshealekha	and I will ask you
Job 40:7	אֶ֝שְׁאָלְ/ךָ֗	eshealekha	I will question you
Job 42:4	אֶ֝שְׁאָלְ/ךָ֗	eshealekha	will ask/you
Lamentations 4:4	שָׁ֣אֲלוּ	shaalu	ask
Ecclesiastes 2:10	שָֽׁאֲל֣וּ	shaalu
Ecclesiastes 7:10	שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ	shaaleta
Ezra 8:22	לִ/שְׁא֤וֹל	lisheol	to ask
Nehemiah 1:2	וָ/אֶשְׁאָלֵ֞/ם	vaeshealem	and I asked them
Nehemiah 13:6	נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי	nishealeti	I asked
1 Chronicles 4:10	שָׁאָֽל	shaal	he asked
1 Chronicles 10:13	לִ/שְׁא֥וֹל	lisheol	for asking
1 Chronicles 14:10	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל	vayisheal	and he inquired
1 Chronicles 14:14	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֨ל	vayisheal	and he inquired
1 Chronicles 18:10	ל/שאול	lshvl	to inquire
1 Chronicles 18:10	לִ/שְׁאָל	lisheal	to ask
1 Chronicles 18:10	ל֨/וֹ	lo	of him
2 Chronicles 1:7	שְׁאַ֖ל	sheal	Ask
2 Chronicles 1:11	שָׁ֠אַלְתָּ	shaaleta	you asked
2 Chronicles 1:11	שָׁאָ֑לְתָּ	shaaleta-2	you asked
2 Chronicles 1:11	וַ/תִּֽשְׁאַל	vatisheal	but you asked
2 Chronicles 9:12	שָׁאָ֔לָה	shaalah	she-asked
2 Chronicles 11:23	וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֖ל	vayisheal	and he sought

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Lexicon H7592

Morphology HVqi3ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H7592-60

Words from Root שאל (asking, inquiring, requesting, seeking, petitioning)

Word Usage (176 occurrences of H7592)

Lexicon `H7592`

Morphology `HVqi3ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H7592-60`