# H7997 שָׁלַל

שָׁלַל (shâlal), Strong’s H7997: to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder KJV: let fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.. Occurs 16 times.

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*shâlal* — to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder

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

Occurs 16 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁלַל] vb. draw out;—Ru 2:16
- שָׁלַל vb
- שָׁלַל vb. spoil, plunder
- Qal spoil, plunder
- Hithpō‛. the stout of heart are spoiled

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 10:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=6) — I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the…
- [Isaiah 59:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/59?v=15) — Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that…
- [Jeremiah 50:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/50?v=10) — Kasdim will be a prey. All who prey on her will be satisfied,” says the LORD.
- [Ezekiel 26:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/26?v=12) — They will make a plunder of your riches and make a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and…
- [Ezekiel 29:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/29?v=19) — Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry…
- [Ezekiel 38:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/38?v=12) — to take the plunder and to take prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are inhabited, and against the…
- [Ezekiel 38:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/38?v=13) — Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its young lions, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the…
- [Ezekiel 39:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/39?v=10) — so that they will take no wood out of the field, and not cut down any out of the forests; for they will make fires with…
- [Habakkuk 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=8) — Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and…
- [Zechariah 2:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/2?v=12) — For the LORD of Hosts says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you…