שָׁסַס shâçaç — to plunder
Translated in the KJV as rifle, spoil.
a primitive root; to plunder.
shâçaç in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 1
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›