STRONGS NUMBER H7997


Word Summary
shalal: to draw out
Original Word: שָׁלַל
Transliteration: shalal
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-lal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to draw out
Meaning: to drop, strip, to plunder
Strong's Concordance
let fall, make self a prey, of purpose, make a, take spoil

A primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder -- let fall, make self a prey, X of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7997. shalal

I. [שָׁלַל‎] verb draw out (Arabic draw, especially sword from scabbard, drawn sword, new-born child (compare Frä75, but also SchulthHom. Wurz. 80 f.); Talmud שְׁלִילָא ᵑ7 שָׁלִיל,embryo or abortion); — Imperfect2masculine plural + Infinitive absolute וגו מִן ׳לָהּ שֹׁלתָּֿשֹׁלוּRuth 2:16 ye shall by all means draw out for her from the sheaves.

II. שָׁלַלverb spoil, plunder (usually identification with I. ׳שׁ‎; Late Hebrew id. (Jastr, compare Dalm); Assyrian šalâlu, id.; HomChr 33 compare Sabean תַללplunder, connecting this with Arabic a flock of sheep (or goats); then שְׁלָלָא ᵑ7booty, and (rare) Syriac are loan-words); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive ׳וְשׁEzekiel 26:12; 2masculine singular שַׁלּוֺתָHabakkuk 2:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine plural suffix יְשָׁלּוּךָ2:8; construct לִשְׁלֹIsaiah 10:6 +; Participle plural שֹׁלְלִיםZechariah 2:12, etc.; — spoil, plunder (usually "" בָּזַז‎), with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שָׁלָלIsaiah 10:6; Ezekiel 29:19; 38:12-13, (twice in verse), accusative חַיִלwealth 26:12; accusative of person, שֹׁלְלִיםJeremiah 50:10; Habakkuk 2:8; Ezekiel 39:10, רַבּים גּוֺיִםHabakkuk 2:8, compare Zechariah 2:12.

Hithpo`el Perfect3plural לֵב אַבִּירֵי אֶשְׁתּוֺלְלוּ‎ (א‎ in ׳אֶשְׁתּ‎ is Aramaic, or scribal error: Ges§ 54a n., compare 58 k) Psalm 76:6 the stout of heart are spoiled; Participle מִשְׁתּוֺלֵלIsaiah 59:15 he that departs from evil is one despoiled.