Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁלֶט‎ sheleṭ (sheh'-let) shield ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁלַט‎

shield.

• probably a shield (as controlling, i.e. protecting the person)

1) shield

See Greek: βολίς · ἐξουσία · ὅπλον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שֶׁ֫לֶט‎] noun masculine^{2Sam 8:7} shield (?); — plural ‎שְׁלָטִים‎ 2Kgs 11:10 +, construct ‎שִׁלְטֵי‎ 2Sam 8:7 +; suffix ‎שִׁלְטֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 27:11 — shields (so AV RV Thes; al. quivers, or [see especially Barnes^{Expos. T. x, 43 f. (compare 188)}] arms, equipment; Vrss vary; Assyrian šal‰u (see √) seems to be a specific article), 2Sam 8:7 = 1Chr 18:7; 2Kgs 11:10 = 2Chr 23:9 (where + ‎מָגִנּוֺת‎, but) Song 4:4 apposition of ‎מָגֵן‎ (q. v. below ‎גנן‎), hung on walls, compare Ezek 27:11 ‎׳‎‎מִלְאוּ הַשּׁ‎ Jer 51:11 i.e., perhaps, put arms through thongs, ready to use them (but see Barnes^i. with, and Gie, cf, ‎מלא‎ Qal 2). ‎שַׁלָּ֑טֶת‎ see ‎שַׁלִּיט‎ above.

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