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Genesis 37:15

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4672 found וימצאהו

H582 אישׁ

H2009 him and behold והנה

H8582 he was wandering תעה

H7704 in the field בשׂדה

H7592 asked וישׁאלהו

H582 האישׁ

H559 him saying לאמר

H4100 What מה

H1245 seekest תבקשׁ׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

certain

H376 man

H4672 found

him

and

H2009 behold

was

H8582 wandering

the

H7704 field

and

the

H376 man

H7592 asked

him

H559 saying

H4100 What

H1245 seekest

thou

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7592

Hebrew: שָׁאַל

Transliteration: shâʼal

Pronunciation: shaw-al'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: ask ({counsel} {on}) {beg} {borrow} lay to {charge} {consult} {demand} {desire} X-(idiom) {earnestly} {enquire} + {greet} obtain {leave} {lend} {pray} {request} {require} + {salute} X-(idiom) {straitly} X-(idiom) {surely} wish.

Definition:

to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand

1. to ask, enquire, borrow, beg

a. (Qal)

1. to ask, ask for

2. to ask (as a favour), borrow

3. to enquire, enquire of

4. to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle)

5. to seek

b. (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence

c. (Piel)

1. to enquire, enquire carefully

2. to beg, practise beggary

d. (Hiphil)

1. to be given on request

2. to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906