Hebrew edit

Root
שׁ־א־ל (š-ʾ-l)

Verb edit

נִשְׁאַל (nish'ál) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction, active counterpart שָׁאַל)

  1. To be asked.
  2. Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נשאל.
  3. First-person plural future (prefix conjugation) of שאל (sha'ál).