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Lexicon :: Strong's H7997 - šālal

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שָׁלַל
Transliteration
šālal
Pronunciation
shaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2399,2400

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַל shâlal, shaw-lal'; a primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder:—let fall, make self a prey, × of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7997 in the following manner: spoil (8x), take (5x), fall (1x), prey (1x), purpose (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7997 in the following manner: spoil (8x), take (5x), fall (1x), prey (1x), purpose (1x).

  1. (Qal) to draw out

  2. to spoil, plunder, take spoil

    1. (Qal) to spoil, plunder

    2. (Hithpolel) to be spoiled, be plundered

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַל shâlal, shaw-lal'; a primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder:—let fall, make self a prey, × of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.
STRONGS H7997: Abbreviations
† I. [שָׁלַל] verb draw out (Arabic bdb102101 draw, especially sword from scabbard, bdb102102 drawn sword, new-born child (compare Frä75, but also SchulthHom. Wurz. 80 f.); Talmud שָׁלִיל, Targum שְׁלִילָא embryo or abortion); — Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + Infinitive absolute שֹׁלתָּֿשֹׁלוּ לָהּ מִן וגו׳ Ruth 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 bdb102103 a flock of sheep (or goats); then Targum שְׁלָלָא booty, and (rare) Syriac bdb102104 are loan-words); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְשׁ׳ Ezekiel 26:12; 2nd person masculine singular שַׁלּוֺתָ Habakkuk 2:8, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix יְשָׁלּוּךָ Habakkuk 2:8; construct לִשְׁלֹ Isaiah 10:6 +; Participle plural שֹׁלְלִים Zechariah 2:12, etc.; — spoil, plunder (usually || בָּזַז), with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שָׁלָל Isaiah 10:6; Ezekiel 29:19; Ezekiel 38:12, 13 (twice in verse), accusative חַיִל wealth Ezekiel 26:12; accusative of person, שֹׁלְלִים Jeremiah 50:10; Habakkuk 2:8; Ezekiel 39:10, גּוֺיִם רַבּים Habakkuk 2:8, compare Zechariah 2:12.
Hithpō`. Perfect 3rd person plural אֶשְׁתּוֺלְלוּ אַבִּירֵי לֵב (א in אֶשְׁתּ׳ is Aramaic, or scribal error: Ges§ 54 a n., compare 53 k) Psalm 76:6 the stout of heart are spoiled; Participle מִשְׁתּוֺלֵל Isaiah 59:15 he that departs from evil is one despoiled.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

2:16

Psalms

76:6

Isaiah

10:6; 10:6; 59:15

Jeremiah

50:10

Ezekiel

26:12; 26:12; 29:19; 38:12; 38:13; 39:10

Habakkuk

2:8; 2:8; 2:8; 2:8

Zechariah

2:12; 2:12

H7997

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7997 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַל (šālal),
which occurs 16 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:16 - “Also you shall purposely pull out for her some stalks [of grain] from the sheaves and leave them so that she may collect them, and do not rebuke her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 -

The stouthearted have been stripped of their spoil,

They have slept the sleep [of death];

And none of the warriors could use his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 -

I send Assyria against a godless nation

And commission it against the people of My wrath

To take the spoil and to seize the plunder,

And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 -

Yes, truth is missing;

And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey.

Now the LORD saw it,

And it [fn]displeased Him that there was no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 -

“Chaldea will become plunder;

All who plunder her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will take your riches as spoil and plunder your merchandise, and tear down your walls and your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timber and the debris [from your city] out in the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - to take spoil and seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the [fn]center of the world [Israel].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - “Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish (southern Spain), with all its young lions (villages) will say to you, ‘Have you come to take spoil? Have you assembled your hordes [of fighting men] to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?’”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take any wood from the field or cut down and gather [any] firewood from the forests, because they will make their fires using the weapons. And they will take the spoil from those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 -

“Because you [king of Babylon] have looted many nations,

All peoples who are left will loot you—

Because of human bloodshed and for the violence done to the land,

To the city and all its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:8 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, “After [fn]glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
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