In JLA examples of the perfect with a full short /a/ after the shin, other than those wherein the meaning is clearly "to desire," should be understood as peal. Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 532a; DJBA: 1098b; Jastrow: 1506; Levy Ch-W: 2:443; Tal Sam: 859; DNWSI: 1095; DJA: 81a; Cook,Qumran: 227;
mšyyl n.m. desire, request šˀylw, šˀylwtˀ n.f. request; borrowing šˀlh, šˀltˀ (šeˀlā, šˀelṯā) n.f. request; question