Hebrew verb · H7997
שָׁלַל
shalalshaw-lal'
to take; to loot
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâlal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7997is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7997
to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
The King James renders it: let fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shalal is rendered "to take; to loot". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to take".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ruth 2:16Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
Ruth 2:16שֹׁל־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to take, and to loot.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to takeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereRuth 2:16Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather… |
| to lootStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to plunder3
- and they will plunder2
- ¿ to plunder1
- and he will plunder1
- indeed pull out1
- plunder it1
- plundered1
- plundered them1
- they were plundered1
- they will plunder you1
- who plundered1
- you have plundered1
and 1 more, 16 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁלַח | shalach | to send: depart | Uses845 |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ | shalosh | three | Uses432 |
| שָׁלוֹם | shalom | peace | Uses236 |
| שָׁלַךְ | shalak | to throw | Uses125 |
| שָׁלַם | shalam | to complete | Uses116 |
| שָׁלָל | shalal | spoil | Uses73 |
| שָׁלֵם | shalem | complete | Uses28 |
| שָׁלַף | shalaph | to draw | Uses25 |
| שָׁלִישׁ | shalish | third | Uses20 |
| שָׁלַשׁ | shalash | to do three | Uses9 |
| שָׁלֵו | shalev | at ease | Uses8 |
| שָׁלַט | shalat | to domineer | Uses8 |
and 9 more on the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְשָׁלְל֣וּ2
- אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀1
- הֲלִשְׁלֹ֤ל1
- הַשֹּׁלְלִ֣ים1
- וְשָׁלַ֤ל1
- יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָ1
- לִשְׁלֹ֤ל1
- לִשְׁלֹ֥ל1
- לִשְׁלֹ֖ל1
- מִשְׁתּוֹלֵ֑ל1
- שֹׁל־1
- שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
- Hc/Vqq3cp2Hc/Vqq3cp
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HTd/Vqrmpa
- question particle + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HTi/R/Vqcc
- verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVPp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HVqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqi2mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqi3mp/Sp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqrmpc/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqrmpc/Sp3mp
Ruth
two uses
Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
- שֹׁל־shol-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: indeed pull out
- תָּשֹׁ֥לּוּtasholuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will pull out
Psalms
one use
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
- אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀ʾeshtoluverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were plundered
Isaiah
two uses
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- לִשְׁלֹ֤לlishlolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to plunder
Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
- מִשְׁתּוֹלֵ֑לmishtolelverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: plundered
Jeremiah
one use
Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
- שֹׁלְלֶ֥יהָsholeleihaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: plunder it
Ezekiel
seven uses
They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
- וְשָׁלְל֣וּveshaluHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will plunder
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
- וְשָׁלַ֤לveshalalHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will plunder
in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
- לִשְׁלֹ֥לlishlolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to plunder
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
- הֲלִשְׁלֹ֤לhalishlolquestion particle + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: ¿ to plunder
- לִשְׁלֹ֖לlishlolpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to plunder
They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
- וְשָׁלְל֣וּveshaluHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will plunder
- שֹׁלְלֵיהֶ֗םsholeleihemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: plundered them
Habakkuk
two uses
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙shalotaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have plundered
- יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָyeshalukhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they will plunder you
Zechariah
one use
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- הַשֹּׁלְלִ֣יםhasholelimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who plundered
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.