שִׁלְטוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7983

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

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

mastery tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שִׁלְטוֹן: mastery tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] mastery (LagBN 199);—Ec 8:4, 8 (c. בְּ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 8:4 · tree →

בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּבַר־מֶ֖לֶךְ שִׁלְט֑וֹן וּמִ֥י יֹֽאמַר־ל֖וֹ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Word for word: because a.word of.a.king [is].mastery and who? will.he.say to him what? are.you.doing

JPS 1917: Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'

Ecclesiastes 8:8 · tree →

אֵ֣ין אָדָ֞ם שַׁלִּ֤יט בָּר֙וּחַ֙ לִכְל֣וֹא אֶת־הָר֔וּחַ וְאֵ֤ין שִׁלְטוֹן֙ בְּי֣וֹם הַמָּ֔וֶת וְאֵ֥ין מִשְׁלַ֖חַת בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט רֶ֖שַׁע אֶת־בְּעָלָֽיו׃

Word for word: there.[is].not anyone having.mastery over the wind to restrain (et) the wind and there.[is].not mastery over the.day of.(the) death and there.[is].not discharge in the battle and not it.will.rescue wickedness (et) owners its

JPS 1917: There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

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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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