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title: שָׁסַס — plunder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁסַס (8155), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: plunder. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁסַס

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«שָׁסַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plunder** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 8155 · **BDB:** שָׁסַס

### Glosses

they.plundered (2); they.will.be.plundered (2); \[those (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plunder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8155/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8155/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. id. (‖ form of שׁסה);— Pf. 3 pl. שַׁסֻּ֫הוּ ψ 89:42 they have plundered him; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיָּשֹׁ֫סּוּ Ju 2:14 (acc. pers.); 1 S 17:53 (acc. loc.); Pt. sf. שֹׁאֲסַיִךְ Je 30:16; Kt (Qr v. שׁסה), Aramaic form, Ges§ 67 s. be plundered, rifled, of houses: Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְנָשַׁ֫סּוּ Zc 14:2; Impf. 3 mpl. יִשַּׁ֫סּוּ Is 13:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁסַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8155/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.42/)

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שַׁ֭סֻּהוּ כָּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ הָיָ֥ה חֶ֝רְפָּ֗ה לִשְׁכֵנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* they have.plundered.him all \[those.who\].pass.by of.\[the\].road he.has.become a.reproach to neighbors his

*JPS 1917:* All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours.

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[1 Samuel 17:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.53/)

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וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִדְּלֹ֖ק אַחֲרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיָּשֹׁ֖סּוּ אֶת־מַחֲנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.returned the.people of.Israel from hotly.pursuing after \[the\].Philistines and they.plundered (et) camps their

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp.

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