שְׁאֵלָה
shᵉʼêlâh · sheh-ay-law'
a petition; by implication, a loan
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֵׁלָה; (1 Samuel 1:17), from H7592 (שָׁאַל);
a petition; by implication, a loan
- a petition
- by implication, a loan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: loan, petition, request.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁאֵלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- petition2 · 14%
- what is thy petition2 · 14%
- my petition2 · 14%
- a request1 · 7%
- thee thy petition1 · 7%
- me my petition1 · 7%
- for the loan1 · 7%
- me at my petition1 · 7%
- now what is thy petition1 · 7%
- my request1 · 7%
- them their request1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.