Lexical Definition

‎שָׁלַל‎ shâlal (shaw-lal') to take ^H:V
a primitive root

let fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.

• to drop or strip
• by implication, to plunder

1) (Qal) to draw out
2) to spoil, plunder, take spoil
2a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder
2b) (Hithpolel) to be spoiled, be plundered

See Greek: παραβάλλω · ποιέω · ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎שָׁלַל‎] verb draw out (Arabic draw, especially sword from scabbard, drawn sword, new-born child (compare Frä⁷⁵, but also Schulth^{Hom. Wurz. 80 f.}); Talmud ‎שָׁלִיל‎, ᵑ7 ‎שְׁלִילָא‎ embryo or abortion); — Imperfect 2 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.; Hom^{Chr 33} compare Sabean ‎תַלל‎ plunder, connecting this with Arabic a flock of sheep (or goats); then ᵑ7 ‎שְׁלָלָא‎ booty, and (rare) Syriac are loan-words); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ Ezek 26:12 2 masculine singular ‎שַׁלּוֺתָ‎ Hab 2:8, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎יְשָׁלּוּךָ‎ vHab 2:8 construct ‎לִשְׁלֹ‎ Isa 10:6 +; Participle plural ‎שֹׁלְלִים‎ Zech 2:12*, etc.; — spoil, plunder (usually || ‎בָּזַז‎), with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎שָׁלָל‎ Isa 10:6; Ezek 29:19; Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 (twice in verse), accusative ‎חַיִל‎ wealth Ezek 26:12 accusative of person, ‎שֹׁלְלִים‎ Jer 50:10; Hab 2:8; Ezek 39:10, ‎גּוֺיִם רַבּים‎ Hab 2:8, compare Zech 2:12*. Hithpo`el Perfect 3 plural ‎אֶשְׁתּוֺלְלוּ‎ ‎אַבִּירֵי לֵב‎ (‎א‎ in ‎׳‎‎אֶשְׁתּ‎ is Aramaic, or scribal error: Ges^{«GKC:54a»§ 54a} n., compare 58 k) Ps 76:6* the stout of heart are spoiled; Participle ‎מִשְׁתּוֺלֵל‎ Isa 59:15 he that departs from evil is one despoiled.

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