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Ecclesiastes 7:10

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Masoretic Text 1524

H408 not אל

H559 Say תאמר

H4100 thou What מה

H1961 is היה

H3117 שׁהימים

H7223 הראשׁנים

H1961 were היו

H2896 better טובים

H428 מאלה

H3588 for כי

H3808 לא

H2451 מחכמה

H7592 enquire שׁאלת

H5921 concerning על

H2088 this זה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H559 Say

H408 not

thou

H4100 What

H1961 is

the

cause

that

the

former

H7945 days

H1961 were

H2896 better

than

H4480 these

H3588 for

thou

dost

H408 not

H7592 enquire

H4480 wisely

H5921 concerning

H2088 this

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