שָׁלַל
shâlal · H7997 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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to draw out
Causative action by which humans pull out some items from a bundle of similar items
ExamplesRuth 2:16 “Also you are to purposely slip out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it so that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”
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to plunder, to take plunder
Poetic term action by which humans take all sorts of goods (including people and animals) by force from an enemy in war
ExamplesPsalm 76:5 The stouthearted were plundered, They sank into sleep; And none of the warriors could use his hands.
Isaiah 10:6 I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture spoils and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
Isaiah 59:15 Truth is lacking, And one who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
13 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 4
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
10 occurrences in 6 groups
- שָׁלָלspoil, plunder, booty 5
- גּוֹיnation, people 1
- חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 1
- שָׁלַלto plunder, to seize 1
- ךָּyou 1
- כֶםyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 4 groups
- מִןfrom+ דָּםblood 1
- מִןfrom+ חָמָסviolence, wrong 1
- מִןfrom+ צֶבֶתbundle (of stalks of grain) 1
- לto/for+ הָher 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָher 1
- הֶםthem 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׂבַעto be satiated 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁלַלto plunder, to seize 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Non-Whole002003001021
- The verb's sense of something diminished, let fall, or made a prey, reflected in the deliberate reduction of the gleaned grain left for Ruth (Ruth 2:16) and the one "who turns aside from evil" yet finds himself made a victim in a corrupt society (Isaiah 59:15).
- Possess002003002019
- The sense of gaining or seizing spoil as a possession, directly shown in the nation sent "to capture spoils and to seize plunder" (Isaiah 10:6) and Chaldea itself becoming plunder for those who despoil her in turn (Jeremiah 50:10).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root שָׁלַל
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7997. shalal I. [שָׁלַל] verb draw out (Arabic draw, especially sword from scabbard,…
I. [שָׁלַל] verb draw out (Arabic draw, especially sword from scabbard, drawn sword, new-born child (compare Frä75, but also SchulthHom. Wurz. 80 f.); Talmud שְׁלִילָא ᵑ7 שָׁלִיל, embryo or abortion); — Imperfect2masculine plural + Infinitive absolute וגו מִן ׳לָהּ שֹׁלתָּֿשֹׁלוּ Rth 2:16 ye shall by all means draw out for her from the sheaves.
II. שָׁלַל verb spoil, plunder (usually identification with I. ׳שׁ; Late Hebrew id. (Jastr, compare Dalm); Assyrian šalâlu, id.; HomChr 33 compare Sabean תַלל plunder, connecting this with Arabic a flock of sheep (or goats); then שְׁלָלָא ᵑ7 booty, and (rare) Syriac are loan-words); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive ׳וְשׁ Eze 26:12; Eze 26:2masculine singular שַׁלּוֺתָ Hab 2:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine plural suffix יְשָׁלּוּךָ Hab 2:8; construct לִשְׁלֹ Isa 10:6 +; Participle plural שֹׁלְלִים Zec 2:12, etc.; — spoil, plunder (usually || בָּזַז), with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שָׁלָל Isa 10:6; Eze 29:19; Eze 38:12-13, (twice in verse), accusative חַיִל wealth Eze 26:12; accusative of person, שֹׁלְלִים Jer 50:10; Hab 2:8; Eze 39:10, רַבּים גּוֺיִם Hab 2:8, compare Zec 2:12.
Hithpo`el Perfect3plural לֵב אַבִּירֵי אֶשְׁתּוֺלְלוּ (א in ׳אֶשְׁתּ is Aramaic, or scribal error: Ges§ 54a n., compare 58 k) Psa 76:6 the stout of heart are spoiled; Participle מִשְׁתּוֺלֵל Isa 59:15 he that departs from evil is one despoiled.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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