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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 cognate 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.