Proverbs 16:19:6Prov.16.19.W6TAB

שָׁ֝לָ֗ל

shalal

spoil

Transliteration
sha-LAL
Extended
shaa-LAAL
IPA
/ʃaːˈlaːl/

Meaning by language

English
spoil

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Result
שָׁ֝ + לָ֗ל
sha + lal
shalal

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-LAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-kha-LEK sha-LAL

  3. clause

    me-kha-LEK sha-LAL ET-ge-i-YIM

  4. sentence

    TOV she-FAL-RU-akh ET-a-ni-yim a-na-VIM me-kha-LEK sha-LAL ET-ge-i-YIM

Exegesis

The prepositional comparative mê {מֵ | mê} introduces the contrast clause, governing the infinitive ḥallēq {חַלֵּק | ḥallēq} ‘divide’ plus the noun šā-lāl {שָׁלָל | šā-lāl} ‘spoil.’

Root and etymology

š-l-lshin–lamed–lamed

to plunder

In contextProverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly in spirit among the afflicted than to divide the spoil with the proud .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 16:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 16:19, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֝לָ֗ל (shalal) 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 Prov.16.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.19.W6.S1) and character.