2 Chronicles 20:25:52 Chr.20.25.W5TAB
אֶת־שְׁלָלָם֒
etshelalam
“their spoil”
- Transliteration
- et-she-la-LAM
- Extended
- eht-sheh-laa-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃəlaːˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their spoil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-she-la-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
la-VOZ et-she-la-LAM
- clause
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
- sentence
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
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
שׁ־ל־לš-l-l
“plunder”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:25
And Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder their spoil. And they found among them an abundance—property, corpses, and vessels of precious things . They took for themselves more than they could carry, and they were three days gathering the plunder because it was so great.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:25, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁלָלָם֒ (etshelalam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.25.W5.S1) and character.