שָׁלָל

1. prey, of Benjamin as wolf 1 Mos 49,27 (poem in J; with חִלֵּק).

2. booty, spoil of war, of all kinds (often || בַּז): including garments, gold and silver Jos 7,21 (J), ornaments Dom 8,24; Dom 8,25, fabrics and women Dom 5,30 a, b, flocks and herds 1 Sam 30,20; Jer 49,32; 2 Kron 15,11, + persons 5 Mos 20,14 (twice in verse), garments, food and drink 2 Kron 28,15, etc. (58 t.; among these) שְׁלַל הֶעָרִים 5 Mos 2,25; 2 Sam 12,30; 1 Kron 20,2 and (+ cattle in addition) 5 Mos 3,7; Jos 8,27; Jos 11,14 (both R^D), compare (also of city) Es 8,4; 5 Mos 13,17 (twice in verse); Zak 14,1 and (+ cattle) Jos 8,2 (R^D), but including person and cattle 5 Mos 20,14, compare v5 Mos 20,14 figurative of entire nation Jer 50,10; Ezk 7,21; Zak 2,13 ׳שׁ in symbolic proper name ׳מַהֵר שָׁלָל וגו Es 8,1; Es 8,3, see above p.555:a; ׳שׁ in metaphor of future majesty of ׳עֶבֶד י Es 53,12 ׳וְהֳיְתָהאלּוֺ נַפְשׁוֺ לְשׁ i.e. life shall be spared, Jer 21,9; Jer 38,2; Jer 39,18, compare Jer 45,5.

3. private plunder Es 10,2 (אַלְמָנוֺת שְׁלָלָם), Ord 1,13 and (perhaps in current saying) Ord 16,19.

4. = gain Ord 31,11. — ׳לְצַוִּארֵי שׁ Dom 5,30 c is clearly wrong; meaning dubious (see especially GFM); plausible conjectures are ׳לְצַוָּארַי שׁ for my neck as spoil, Reuss^Br and others, and לְצַוְּארֵי שֵׁגָל for the neck of the queen Ew Be Kit and others (but שֵׁגָל elsewhere late); Now strike out שָׁלָל and reads לְצַוָּארָיו.