Lexical Definition

‎שָׁלַט‎ shâlaṭ (shaw-lat') to domineer ^H:V
a primitive root

(bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.

• to dominate, i.e. govern
• by implication, to permit

1) to domineer, exercise power over, dominate, have mastery, be master, lord it over
1a) (Qal) to domineer, lord it over, become master
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to give power of
1b2) to get mastery of

See Greek: ἐξουσιάζω · κατακυριεύω · κύριος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: she.let (‎ש‎ְׁ‎ל‎ֵ‎ט‎ "to rule" שְׁלֵט)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: שְׁלֵט
‎שָׁלַט‎ verb domineer, be master of (late) (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian süalâ‰u, have power; Arabic overcome, prevail; strong, hard, dominion, also ruler, sultan; Ethiopic Aramaic ‎שְׁלַט‎, (especially derived species), Nabataean ‎שלט‎, ‎שלטן‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Eccl 8:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשְׁלַט‎ Eccl 2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎שְׁלוֺט‎ Esth 9:1 — domineer, lord it over, ‎עַל‎ person, Neh 5:15 ‎ב‎ person Eccl 8:9 (‎לְרַע לוֺ‎); ‎ב‎ of thing Eccl 2:19 become master of, ‎ב‎ person Esth 9:1 (twice in verse).

Hiph`il 1. give power of: Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix person ‎וְהִשְׁלִימוֺ לֶאֱכֹל‎ Eccl 5:18*, so Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יַשְׁליטֶנּוּ‎ Eccl 6:2 (both subject God).

2. = Qal, get mastery of: jussive 3 feminine singular ‎אַלתַּֿשְׁלֶטבִּֿי‎ ‎כָּלאָֿ֑וֶן‎ Ps 119:133.

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