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  to ask  Com. to inquire of, to consult b_ (person, God)  Com.   +(b/l) šlm : to greet someone, inquire after someone's welfare  OfA^Eg-informal, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA.   to seek alliance  LJLA. to interrogate  OfA^Eg, BA^Ezra, Syr. (also w. b_) : to consult for an oracle  JLAtg, LJLA.

  to ask for something  Com. specifically: to borrow  Com. to require or indicate a requirement  BA^Ezra, Syr.

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  to ask (repeatedly?)  Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, BabMBK, JBA, Man. to question strictly, interrogate  JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.

  to desire strongly, demand  JLAtg, LJLA.

  to borrow repeatedly or in large amounts  JBA, LJLA.

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  to hire out  Palmyrene, LJLA.

  to force someone to lend something  JLAtg, PTA, Sam.

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  to ask to be excused from an invitation or obligation  JLAtg, Syr, JBA.

  to be asked, asked for (or Dt?)  Gal, Syr, LJLA. +ל‏_ : to be sought by for an oracle, =MT נדרש‏  JLAtg. to inquire of an oracle  PTA.   ptcp. : diviner  JLAtg.

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;

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Derivatives:

mšyyl n.m.   desire, request

šˀylw, šˀylwtˀ n.f.   request; borrowing

šˀlh, šˀltˀ (šeˀlā, šˀelṯā) n.f.   request; question