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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 let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 - The stouthearted were plundered;
They have sunk into their sleep;
And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:6 - I will send him against an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him
That there was no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 - And Chaldea shall become plunder;
All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - ‘They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - “to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - “Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 - Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:8 - For thus says the LORD of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
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