Word Summary
sheelah: affair
Original Word: שְׁאֵלָאTransliteration: sheelah
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh-ay-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: affair
Meaning: a question, judicial decision, mandate
Strong's Concordance
demand
(Aramaic) from sh'el; properly, a question (at law), i.e. Judicial decision or mandate -- demand.
see HEBREW sh'el
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7595. sheelah
[שְׁאֵלָה] noun feminine affair (weakened from question, inquiry, compare Dr); — emphatic שְׁאֵלְתָּא Daniel 4:14.