To be plundered
To plunder or plunder. In the question: To destroy and ruin. To be destroyed and annihilated (the root meaning plunder).
("And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall be a prey and a spoil to all their enemies" - 2 Kings 22:1, and also: "And they shall be a spoil to your foundations/ and shall drive away all that devour you/ May your God rest upon you/ as a bridegroom rests upon his bride" - R. Shlomo Elkabetz/ Piyyut "My uncle said in the prayer on the Sabbath night)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָיָה לִמְשִׁסָּה
Definition (Hebrew)
הָיָה לִשְׁלַל אוֹ לְבִזָּה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הָיָה לְהֶרֶס וְחֻרְבָּן. נֶחֱרַב וְהֻשְׁמַד (מְשִׁסָּה מַשְׁמָע שָׁלָל).
("וְנָטַשְׁתִּי אֵת שְׁאֵרִית נַחֲלָתִי וּנְתַתִּים בְּיַד אֹיְבֵיהֶם וְהָיוּ לְבַז וְלִמְשִׁסָּה לְכָל אֹיְבֵיהֶם"- מְלָכִים ב כא יָד, וְכֵן:"וְהָיוּ לִמְשִׁסָּה שֹׁסָיִךְ/ וְרָחֲקוּ כָּל מְבַלְעָיִךְ/ יָשִׂישׂ עָלַיִךְ אֱלֹהָיִךְ/ כִּמְשׂוֹשׂ חָתָן עַל כַּלָּה"-ר' שְׁלֹמֹה אֶלְקַבֵּץ/ פִּיּוּט "לְכָה דּוֹדִי הַנֶּאֱמָר בִּתְפִלַּת לֵיל שַׁבָּת)