שאל

See also: שאַל‎

Aramaic

Etymology

From root ש-א-ל

Verb

שאל • (transliteration needed)

  1. to ask, to inquire
  2. to lend, to borrow

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־א־ל‎

Compare Arabic سَأَلَ‎ (saʾala), Ge'ez ሰአለ (säʾälä).

Verb

שָׁאַל • (sha'ál) (pa'al construction, future יִשְׁאַל‎, passive participle שָׁאוּל‎, passive counterpart נִשְׁאַל‎)

  1. to ask (a question), to query
  2. to borrow (an item)

Usage notes

  • (ask): Unlike English ask, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not usually used in the sense of “request”; for that, ביקש \ בִּקֵּשׁ‎ (bikésh, “ask for, request”) is used.
  • (borrow): Unlike English borrow, Hebrew שָׁאַל is not used with loans that are not returned exactly, such as money (since one does not return the same money that one borrows, as in the same bills or coins or the like, but rather an equivalent amount of money); for that, הלווה \ הִלְוָה‎ (hilvá, “borrow (money, etc.)”) is used.

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁאַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לשאול \ לִשְׁאֹל‎
  • action noun: שְׁאִילָה‎
  • passive participle: שָׁאוּל‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁאַלְתִּי‎שָׁאַלְנוּ‎
second שָׁאַלְתָּ‎שָׁאַלְתְּ‎שְׁאַלְתֶּם‎1שְׁאַלְתֶּן‎1
third שָׁאַלשָׁאֲלָה‎שָׁאֲלוּ‎
present שׁוֹאֵל‎שׁוֹאֶלֶת‎שׁוֹאֲלִים‎שׁוֹאֲלוֹת‎
future first אֶשְׁאַל‎נִשְׁאַל‎
second תִּשְׁאַל‎תִּשְׁאֲלִי‎תִּשְׁאֲלוּ‎תִּשְׁאַלְנָה‎2
third יִשְׁאַל‎תִּשְׁאַל‎יִשְׁאֲלוּ‎תִּשְׁאַלְנָה‎2
imperative שְׁאַלשַׁאֲלִי‎שַׁאֲלוּ‎שְׁאַלְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁאַלְתֶּם‎ and שָׁאַלְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.
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