לָבֹ֣ז

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָבֹ֣ז

   la-VOZ

   to plunder
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לָבֹ֣ז אֶת־שְׁלָלָם֒

   la-VOZ et-she-la-LAM

   to plunder their spoil
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֨א יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט וְעַמּוֹ֮ לָבֹ֣ז אֶת־שְׁלָלָם֒ וַיִּמְצְאוּ֩ בָהֶ֨ם לָרֹ֜ב וּרְכ֤וּשׁ וּפְגָרִים֙ וּכְלֵ֣י חֲמֻד֔וֹת וַיְנַצְּל֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם לְאֵ֣ין מַשָּׂ֑א

   va-ya-VO ye-ho-sha-FAT ve-a-MO la-VOZ et-she-la-LAM va-yim-tse-U va-HEM la-ROV u-re-KHUSH u-fe-ga-RIM u-khe-LE kha-mu-DOT va-ye-nats-TSE-LU la-HEM le-EN ma-SA

   and he came Jehoshaphat and his people to plunder their spoil and they found among them in abundance and goods and corpses and items of precious things and they stripped off for themselves to there being no load
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֨א יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט וְעַמּוֹ֮ לָבֹ֣ז אֶת־שְׁלָלָם֒ וַיִּמְצְאוּ֩ בָהֶ֨ם לָרֹ֜ב וּרְכ֤וּשׁ וּפְגָרִים֙ וּכְלֵ֣י חֲמֻד֔וֹת וַיְנַצְּל֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם לְאֵ֣ין מַשָּׂ֑א וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ יָמִ֧ים שְׁלוֹשָׁ֛ה בֹּזְזִ֥ים אֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל כִּ֥י רַב־הֽוּא׃

   va-ya-VO ye-ho-sha-FAT ve-a-MO la-VOZ et-she-la-LAM va-yim-tse-U va-HEM la-ROV u-re-KHUSH u-fe-ga-RIM u-khe-LE kha-mu-DOT va-ye-nats-TSE-LU la-HEM le-EN ma-SA va-yih-YU ya-MIM she-lo-SHA bo-ze-ZIM et-ha-sha-LAL KI RAV-HU

   and he came Jehoshaphat and his people to plunder their spoil and they found among them in abundance and goods and corpses and items of precious things and they stripped off for themselves to there being no load and they were days three plundering the spoil for it was much

Exegesis

The infinitive-vav lavoz {לָבֹז | lā•ḇōz} “to plunder” expresses purpose, with et-shelalam {אֶת־שְׁלָלָם | ʾet•šᵉlālām} marking the direct object “their plunder.”

Root and etymology

l-b-b🔊 ל־ב־בlamed–bet–bet

“heart, mind, inner self”

• 🔊 לְבָבlə·ḇāḇheart, thoughtsDeuteronomy 6:5