H0961 H0961
Spoil, plunder, booty — material goods seized from defeated enemies in warfare or raiding
The feminine noun בִּזָּה (bizzah) denotes spoil, plunder, or booty taken from defeated enemies. It appears exclusively in late biblical texts — Chronicles, Esther, Nehemiah, Daniel, and one occurrence in 1 Samuel — always referring to material goods seized through military victory or raiding. Asa's forces plundered the surrounding cities after routing Zerah the Cushite (2 Chr 14:14), while in Esther the Jews conspicuously refused to touch the plunder of their slain enemies (Est 9:10, 15-16). Daniel 11:24 describes a future king distributing plunder among his followers. Arabic nahb/ghanimah, Spanish botin/despojo, Hindi lut, and Korean yaktal-mul all converge on the same semantic field.
Senses
1. spoil, plunder, booty — Material goods — livestock, possessions, valuables — seized from defeated enemies in the aftermath of battle or raiding. Used of Asa's plunder after the Cushite rout (2 Chr 14:14), the Jews' deliberate refusal of plunder in Esther (9:10, 15-16), and Daniel's vision of a king distributing spoil (11:24). The word's restriction to late texts suggests it may have entered Hebrew through Aramaic contact. Spanish 'botin,' Arabic غَنِيمَة (ghanimah), and Korean 약탈물 (yaktal-mul) all confirm the uniform semantic range. 10×
AR["الْغَنِيمَةَ", "غَنِيمَةً", "لِـ-النَّهْبِ", "نَهباً", "نَهْبًا", "وَ-بِ-النَّهْب", "وَ-بِـ-نَهْبٍ", "وَ‒فِي‒النَّهْبِ"]·ben["-লুটের-জন্য", "-লুন্ঠনের", "আর-লুন্ঠনে", "ও-লুটে-", "ও-লুণ্ঠনে", "লুট", "লুটের-মাল", "লুণ্ঠন"]·DE["Beute", "[בזה]", "[הבזה]", "[ובבזה]", "und-Beute"]·EN["and-by-plunder", "and-on-the-plunder", "and-to-plunder", "for-plunder", "plunder", "the-plunder"]·FR["butin", "dans-ce", "et-butin", "in-celui-ci"]·heb["בזה", "ביזה", "ה-בזה", "ו-ב-ביזה", "ו-ב-ה-בזה", "ל-בזה"]·HI["और-लूट-को", "और-लूट-में", "परन्तु-लूट पर", "परन्तु-लूट-पर", "लूट", "लूट-के-लिए", "लूट-को"]·ID["dan-dengan-penjarahan", "dan-kepada-jarahan", "dan-pada-jarahan", "jarahan", "rampasan", "sebagai-jarahan"]·IT["[בזה]", "[ובבזה]", "bottino", "e-bottino", "in-questo"]·jav["jarahan", "jarahanipun", "kangge-rampasan", "lan-dhateng-jarahan", "lan-déning-jarahan", "lan-ing-jarahan"]·KO["그-전리품을", "그리고-에-그-약탈", "그리고-에-야탈물에", "그리고-에-약탈로", "노략물-로", "약탈물이", "약탈한-것과", "탈취물을"]·PT["despojo", "e-no-despojo", "e-pelo-despojo", "e-pelo-saque", "o-saque", "para-despojo", "saque"]·RU["а-на-добычу", "добычи", "добычу", "и-в-разграблении", "и-на-разграбление", "на-разграбление"]·ES["botín", "el-botín", "para-botín", "y-al-saqueo", "y-en-el-botín", "y-por-despojo"]·SW["hawakuweka", "kuwa-nyara", "mkono-wao", "na-kwa-nyara", "na-kwa-uporaji", "nyara", "nyara-zile"]·TR["ve-be-yağmayla", "ve-yagmaya", "ve-yağmaya-", "yağma", "yağmaya", "yağmayı"]·urd["اور-لوٹ-سے", "اور-میں-لوٹ", "لوٹ", "لوٹ-کا-مال", "لوٹ-کو", "لیکن-پر-لوٹ", "کے-لیے-لوٹ"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בִּזָּה n.f. spoil, booty(late)—בִּזָּה 2 Ch 14:13 + 9 times;—spoil, prey, of things 2 Ch 28:14 Est 9:10, 15, 16, cf. 2 Ch 14:13; 25:13 Dn 11:24 (‖ שָׁלָל & רכושׁ); n. verb., spoiling, בַּב׳ Ezr 9:7 Dn 11:33, cf. also לְב׳ Ne 3:36.