שַׁלִּיט

Biblical Aramaic

having mastery — used 10 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

having mastery tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׁלִּיט: adj. having mastery, ruling tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. having mastery, ruling;—abs. שׁ׳ Ezr 7:24 +, emph. א—ָ Dn 2:15; mpl. שְׁלִיטִין Ezr 4:20, -טִן Dn 4:23;— having, exercising, mastery: of God, sq. ב, Dn 4:14, 22, 29; 5:21; abs., of heavens 4:23. of kings Ezr 4:20 (ב). as n. = ruler Dn 2:10; 5:29, captain Dn 2:15. having authority to do a thing (Inf.), hence impers. = it is authorized, Ezr 7:24 (so often in Syriac; cf. S-CA 11 + אנת שליט למבנה).

Jastrow 1903

שַׁלִּיט: having control, ruler Fem. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

having control, ruler. Y. Sabb. III, beg. 5ᶜ, v. שָׁלַט. Gen. R. s. 3 שני … אחד ש׳ ביום וכ׳ two commanders, one being on duty by day, and one by night. M. Kat. 18ᵃ, a. fr. מלפני הש׳, v. שְׁגָגָה; a. e.—Pl. שַׁלִּיטִים, שַׁלִּיטִין. Num. R. s. 1412 כנגד עשרה ש׳ שבאדם corresponding to the ten rulers in man (organs of the body regulating vitality, v. Koh. R. to VII, 19).—Fem. שַׁלִּיטָה. Yalk. Ex. 287 אני שליט בקנאה ואין הקנאה ש׳ בי I (the Lord) control jealousy, but jealousy does not control me; ואין התנומה ש׳ בי but slumber has no power over me; (Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 6 שׁוֹלֶטֶת).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is] having mastery (3); [are] having mastery (1); [is] authorized (1).

In the verses

Ezra 4:20 · tree →

וּמַלְכִ֣ין תַּקִּיפִ֗ין הֲווֹ֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשְׁלֶ֔ם וְשַׁ֨לִּיטִ֔ין בְּכֹ֖ל עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה וּמִדָּ֥ה בְל֛וֹ וַהֲלָ֖ךְ מִתְיְהֵ֥ב לְהֽוֹן׃

Word for word: and kings strong they.were over Jerusalem and having.mastery over all the.region.beyond the river and tribute tax and toll [was].being.paid to them

JPS 1917: There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid unto them.

Daniel 4:23 · tree →

וְדִ֣י אֲמַ֗רוּ לְמִשְׁבַּ֞ק עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ דִּ֣י אִֽילָנָ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ לָ֣ךְ קַיָּמָ֑ה מִן־דִּ֣י תִנְדַּ֔ע דִּ֥י שַׁלִּטִ֖ן שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

Word for word: and that they.said to leave the.stump of its.roots (diy).of the tree kingdom your to you [will.be].enduring from that you.will.know (diy).that [are].having.mastery the heavens

JPS 1917: And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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