Deuteronomy 20:14:13Deut.20.14.W13TAB
אֶת־שְׁלַ֣ל
etshlal
“the spoil”
- Transliteration
- et-shlal
- Extended
- EET-shlal
- IPA
- /ʔet.ʃˈlal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
et-shlal
- phraseyour reading level
et-shlal oi-ve-KHA
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
- sentence
RAK ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ha-be-HE-ma ve-KOL a-SHER yih-YE va-IR kol-shla-LAH ta-VOZ LAKH ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
Exegesis
The direct-object-marker et {אֶת | ʾet} ‘introducing the direct object’ precedes shelal {שְׁלָל | še-lāl} ‘spoil’, with oyveykha {אֹיְבֶיךָ | ʾō-ye-vek-ḥā} ‘your enemies’ in construct.
Root and etymology
sh-l-lshin–lamed–lamed
“spoil, plunder”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:14
Only the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is within the city—all its spoil—you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 20:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שְׁלַ֣ל (etshlal) 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 Deut.20.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.14.W13.S1) and character.