Shalal שָׁלַל
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| שָׁלַל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shalal |
| Strong's number | H7997 (H7997B, H7997A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to loot |
| Occurrences | 16 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (5) |
Shalal (Hebrew שָׁלַל, Strong's H7997) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to loot”. It occurs 16 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H7997B: to loot
1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil
1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder
1b) (Hithpolel) to be spoiled, be plundered
1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder
1b) (Hithpolel) to be spoiled, be plundered
H7997A: to take
(Qal) to draw out
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | take (5), spoiled (4), spoil (4), fall (1), purpose (1), prey (1) |
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| BSB | seize (2), pull out (1), lie plundered (1), take (1), becomes prey (1), who plunder her (1), they will plunder (1), order to seize (1), capture (1), they will loot (1), those who looted them (1), have plundered (1), and 2 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Shalal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ruth
- Ruth 2:16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
Psalms
- Psalm 76:5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Isaiah 59:15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 50:10And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord.Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 26:12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
- Ezekiel 29:19Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
- Ezekiel 38:12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
- Ezekiel 38:13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
- Ezekiel 39:10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 2:8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 2:8For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).