# \*ṯll: 'to plunder; booty'

> Proto-Semitic *ṯll, 'to plunder; booty': reflexes in 8 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ṯ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tha/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṯll |
| Meaning | 'to plunder; booty' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | šallatu (CAD Š/1 248; AHw 1148); šalālu (CAD Š/1 196) | CAD Š/1 248; AHw 1148; CAD Š/1 196 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | šll (HALOT 1531); šālāl (HALOT 1531) | HALOT 1531 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | šl (DULAT 806) | DULAT 806 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ṯll (SD 150) | SD 150 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ṯalla (HALOT 1531) | HALOT 1531 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ša-la-tum /ṯallat/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 322); ša-la-tum /ṯallatum/ (= Sum. nam-ra-aka) (VE 1093; Bonechi 2008, 15) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 322; VE 1093; Bonechi 2008, 15 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | śll: jaślal, śalalum, śalilum, śullalum, śullulum, juśtallil (Gelb AS 21, 32) | Gelb AS 21 32 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic sll; sl; nsl; tsll (Al-Jallad 2026, 132) | Al-Jallad 2026 132 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 1531 sets Ug. ṯll, Akk. šalālu, OSArb. ṯll and Arb. ṯalla together; DULAT 806 reads the Ugaritic šl, root /š-l(-l)/. Judaic Aramaic šǝlālā (HALOT 1531) has š for \*ṯ. Safaitic sll, sl have s for \*ṯ, as Hebrew and Aramaic š.

## Linked from

- [ṯ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tha/index.md>)

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