What does שָׁלָל · נֶפֶשׁ mean in the Bible?
שָׁלָל · נֶפֶשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "escaping with one’s life as the only prize".
Hebrew · H7998, H5315
שָׁלָל נֶפֶשׁ
Booty · properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
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שָׁלָל H7998 booty
Pronunciation šālāl
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נֶפֶשׁ H5315 properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Pronunciation nafsho
Vitality or lifeforce of a creature; ranges from physical breath to desire, appetite, and personal identity or selfhood.
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What does שָׁלָל נֶפֶשׁ (shalal nephesh) mean in the Bible?
שָׁלָל · נֶפֶשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "escaping with one’s life as the only prize".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7998, H5315?
H7998, H5315 is connected to 831 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. escaping with one’s life as the only prize
Strong's H7998, H5315
Lexical occurrences 831 verses Source Gloss
escaping with one’s life as the only prize
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שָׁלָל נֶפֶשׁ is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain