שַׁלִּיט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7989

having mastery — used 4 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

having mastery tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׁלִּיט: adj. having mastery, domineering tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. having mastery, domineering;— having mastery: אֵין אָדָם שׁ׳ בָּרוּחַ Ec 8:8; elsewhere as subst. הַשּׁ׳ the ruler 10:5, so (c. עַל־הָאָרֶץ) Gn 42:6 (prob. late substitution for original word of E); pl. as subst. שַׁלִּיטִים Ec 7:19 (specif. of Alex.’s successors PerlesAnal. 42). domineering, imperious, fs. (Köii 1. 201) אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה שַׁלָּ֑טֶת Ez 16:30 (Jerusalem personified).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ruler (2); having mastery (1); rulers (1).

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 7:19 · tree →

הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה תָּעֹ֣ז לֶחָכָ֑ם מֵֽעֲשָׂרָה֙ שַׁלִּיטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֖וּ בָּעִֽיר׃

Word for word: (the) wisdom it.gives.strength to the.wise [person] more than.ten rulers who they.are in the city

JPS 1917: Wisdom is a stronghold to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

Ecclesiastes 10:5 · tree →

יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ כִּשְׁגָגָ֕ה שֶׁיֹּצָ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י הַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃

Word for word: there.[is] an.evil [which].I.have.seen under the sun like an.inadvertence which.[is] going.forth from before the ruler

JPS 1917: There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from a ruler:

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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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