Quick Definition
affair
Strong's Definition
properly, a question (at law), i.e. judicial decision or mandate
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H7593 (שְׁאֵל);
KJV Usage: demand.
TWOT Reference: 3012a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) affair, request
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁאֵלָא (she.e.la) — affair. affair, request Aramaic of she.e.lah (שְׁאֵלָה "petition" H7596)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שְׁאֵלָא] n.f. affair;—emph. Dn 4:14. ref