שׁוֹלָל

sholal · barefoot, stripped

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7758 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

sholal (שׁוֹלָל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “barefoot, stripped”.

Said of one led away captive, without clothes or sandals.

How to say it

sho·lal

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Without shoes, and often without clothes: like a humbled prisoner or one in mourning.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Job 12:17

    He makes counselors walk barefoot, and judges he drives mad.

  • Job 12:19

    He makes priests walk barefoot, and the firm he subverts.

  • Micah 1:8

    Because of this I will lament and wail; I will go barefoot and naked; I will make a lament like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.