Lexical Definition

‎שָׁסַס‎ shâçaç (shaw-sas') to plunder ^H:V
a primitive root

rifle, spoil.

• to plunder

1) to plunder, spoil
1a) (Qal) to plunder
1b) (Niphal) to be plundered, be rifled

See Greek: διαρπάζω · καταπατέω

Extended Information

• Also means: sha.as (‎ש‎ָׁ‎א‎ַ‎ס‎ "to spoil" שָׁאַס)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שָׁסָה

[‎שָׁסַס‎] verb id. (|| from of ‎שׁסה‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎שַׁסֻּ֫הוּ‎ Ps 89:42* they have plundered him; Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיָּשֹׁ֫סּוּ‎ Judg 2:14 (accusative of person); 1Sam 17:53 (accusative of location); participle suffix ‎שֹׁאֲסַיִךְ‎ Jer 30:16 Kt (Qr see ‎שׁסה‎), Aramaic form, Ges^{«GKC:67s»§ 67s}. Niph`al be plundered, rifled, of houses: Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וְנָשַׁ֫סּוּ‎ Zech 14:2 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִשַּׁ֫סּוּ‎ Isa 13:16.

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