שָׁלַל
shâlal · shaw-lal'
to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
- to drop or strip
- by implication, to plunder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: let fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to take4 · 25%
- and let fall1 · 6%
- of purpose1 · 6%
- are spoiled1 · 6%
- maketh himself a prey1 · 6%
- all that spoil1 · 6%
- and they shall make a spoil1 · 6%
- and take1 · 6%
- and they shall spoil1 · 6%
- those that spoiled1 · 6%
- because thou hast spoiled1 · 6%
- shall spoil1 · 6%
- which spoiled1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.