*šVʾal-: 'ask'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*šVʾal-
Meaning'ask'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 590

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicšʔl a,9,14
Ugariticšʾl (CUC; DULAT 784)CUC; DULAT 784gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab s1ʾl (SD 121; Sabaweb lemma 2215)SD 121; Sabaweb lemma 2215gloss withheld
Akkadianšālu (šaʾālu) (CAD Š/1 274; AHw 1151)CAD Š/1 274; AHw 1151gloss withheld
AramaicŠʾL (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1095)Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1095gloss withheld
Geezsaʾala (LGz. 480)LGz. 480gloss withheld
Hebrewšāʾal (HALOT 1371, 1372)HALOT 1371, 1372gloss withheld
Punicšʾl (Krahmalkov 452)Krahmalkov 452gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicšəʾēl (HALOT 1371; DJPA 532a apud CAL)HALOT 1371; DJPA 532a; CAL
Syrian Aramaicšēʾl (HALOT 1371; Payne Smith 553)HALOT 1371; Payne Smith 553
Mandaic AramaicŠAL (HALOT 1371; MD 441)HALOT 1371; MD 441
Tigre(tə)säʾala (LGz. 480)LGz. 480
Harari(tä)saʾala (LGz. 480)LGz. 480
Gurage(tä)salä (LGz. 480)LGz. 480
Amharic(tä)salä (LGz. 480)LGz. 480gloss withheld
Amoriteśʾl: śaʾalum, śaʾīlatum, śaʾīltum, śaʾlum (Gelb AS 21, 31); Saʾal: sa-a-la (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 229)Gelb AS 21 31; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 229gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic sʾl; sʾl; Dadanitic sʾl; Taymanitic sʾl (Al-Jallad 2026, 128)Al-Jallad 2026 128gloss withheld
Eblaiticsa-da-um /šatā(ʔ)lum/ (VE 147; Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 683 apud SEDonline 1608); sa-il-tum /šāʾiltum/ (VE 907; Krebernik 1983, 34); sá-ul-tum, sá-ul-du-um /šaʔultum/ (VE 987; Krebernik 1983, 36); iš-al-su, sa-al-li-iš, sa-a-li<-iš>-ki /S-ʾ-l/; mu-sa-il-da /muSaʾʾilt/; name sa/sá-ù-lum /Saʾul/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 229–230)VE 147; SEDonline 1608; VE 907; Krebernik 1983, 34; VE 987; Krebernik 1983, 36; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 229–230gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicšʾl (HALOT 1371)HALOT 1371gloss withheld

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Notes

SEDonline 1608 numbers sa-da-um VE 114; the MEE 4 witnesses stand under VE 147 (Hajouz 2013, 661). Hajouz 2013, 663 reads VE 987 sá-ul-du-um, sá-ul-tum as /šaʾʾultum/, D verbal adjective, with Sanmartín GlOS 2, 230 /Saʾʾult/, where Krebernik 1983, 36 has /šaʔultum/.

Updated 22 October 2026

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