שָׁלַלshâlal

שָׁלַל: draw out (Ruth 2:16)

Pronunciation: shaw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7997

Meanings

שָׁלַל: spoil, plunder

Qal: spoil, plunder (Ezekiel 26:12; Habakkuk 2:8; Isaiah 10:6)

Hithpo`el: are spoiled, is one despoiled. (Psalms 76:6; Isaiah 59:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • Ruth 2:16 And pull out some heads of barley from the bundles and drop them on purpose for her. Let her pick them up, and don’t give her a hard time!”
  • Psalms 76:5 Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.
  • Isaiah 10:6 I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
  • Isaiah 59:15 Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked. The Lord looked and was displeased to find there was no justice.
  • Jeremiah 50:10 Babylonia will be looted until the attackers are glutted with loot. I, the Lord, have spoken!
  • Ezekiel 26:12 “They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).