2 Chronicles 28:8:142 Chr.28.8.W14TAB
אֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל
ethashalal
“{direct object marker} the spoil or the plunder”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-sha-LAL
- Extended
- eht-hah-shaa-LAAL
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haʃ.ʃaːˈlaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the spoil or the plunder
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-sha-LAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VI-u et-ha-sha-LAL
- clause
va-ya-VI-u et-ha-sha-LAL le-sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yish-BU be-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-a-KHE-hem ma-A-ta-yim E-lef na-SHIM ba-NIM u-va-NOT ve-gam-sha-LAL RAV baz-ZU me-HEM va-ya-VI-u et-ha-sha-LAL le-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The final clause wayyāḇîʾû ʾet-haššālāl lə-šomrôn {וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־הַשָּׁלָל לְשֹׁמְרוֹן | wayyāḇîʾû ʾet-haššālāl ləšōmrôn} employs the et-direct object marker plus a lamed-locative phrase to indicate direction, underscoring both the human tragedy and the acquisitive outcome.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Lamed–Lamed
“to plunder”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:8
And the sons of Israel took captive from their brothers two hundred thousand—women, sons, and daughters—and they also took much spoil from them and carried the spoil to Samaria .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 28:8, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל (ethashalal) 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.28.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.8.W14.S1) and character.