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*šˀl - to ask
(HALOT 1371)
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Akkadian
šâlu/šaˀālu
- to ask, to inquire, to interrogate; to ask for something
(CAD Š₁ 274; AHw 1151)
Ebla
sa-da-um /šatā(ˀ)lum/
- asking one another
(VE 114, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 683)
Ebla
sa-il-tum
- asking (f. participle)
(VE 907; Krebernik 1983: 34)
= EN.LI
Ugaritic
šˀl
- to ask, request
(DUL 795)
Hebrew
šˀl
- to ask; to beg for, to demand
(HALOT 1371–1374)
Samalian
šˀl
- to ask
(DNWSI 1095)
Official Aramaic
šˀl
- to ask
(DNWSI 1096)
Palmyrean
šˀl
- to ask
(DNWSI 1096)
Mandaic
šal
- to ask, request, beg, inquire
(MD 441)
Arabic
sˀl
- to ask, inquire; to ask or demand for something
(Lane 1282)
Sabaic
s₁ˀl
- to ask, request, demand, lay claim
(SD 121)
Geez
saˀala/səˀla
- to ask, enquire, make a request, pray, beg
(CDG 480)
Tigre
təsäˀala
- to ask
(WTS 190)
Amharic
täsalä
- to take or make a vow
(AED 441)
səlät, occasionally səˀəlät - vow, offering to a church