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# שְׁלֵט

Biblical Aramaic

**have power** — used 7 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

have power [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁלֵט: vb. have power, rule [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. have power, rule (𝔗 Syriac; BH (q.v.) late);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Dn 3:27, 3 mpl. שְׁלִ֫טוּ 6:25; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁלַ֑ט 5:7, 3 fs. תִּשְׁלַט 2:39, 2 ms. תִּשְׁלַ֑ט 5:16;—have power upon, ב rei, Dn 3:27 (of fire); fall upon, assault (𝔗 = פָּגע בְּ), ב pers. 6:25 (of lions); subj. pers. rule; be ruler, abs., 5:7, 16, subj. kingdom, ב of earth, 2:39. make ruler: Pf. 3 ms. sf. הַשְׁלְטָךְ 2:38 (ב pers., etc.); הַשְׁלְטֵהּ v 48 (עַל of province).

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁלַט: to handle to give power, appoint to be made make one’s self ruler [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Gen. I, 16. Targ. O. Ex. XXI, 8 (h. text בבגדו). Targ. Jud. VIII, 21 (h. text פגע); a. fr. same, to handle.—Part. pass. מְשַׁלַּט; pl. מְשַׁלְּטֵי. Kidd. 73ᵇ top מש׳ הדמיה if the limbs of the infant have been manipulated, v. שְׁלַב. to give power, appoint. Targ. II Chr. XIII, 5. Targ. Am. IV, 1. Targ. Koh. VI, 2; a. fr. to be made, or make one’s self a ruler. Targ. Prov. XVII, 2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (2); he will rule (1); it had had power (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:39](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.39/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.39/#tree)

וּבָתְרָ֗ךְ תְּק֛וּם מַלְכ֥וּ אָחֳרִ֖י אֲרַ֣עאמִנָּ֑ךְ וּמַלְכ֨וּ תְלִיתָאָ֤ה אָחֳרִי֙ דִּ֣י נְחָשָׁ֔א דִּ֥י תִשְׁלַ֖ט בְּכָל־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and after you it.will.arise a.kingdom another earthward more than.you and a.kingdom third another (diy).of the bronze which it.will.rule over all the earth

*JPS 1917:* And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

[Daniel 2:48](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.48/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.48/#tree)

אֱדַ֨יִן מַלְכָּ֜א לְדָנִיֵּ֣אל רַבִּ֗י וּמַתְּנָ֨ן רַבְרְבָ֤ן שַׂגִּיאָן֙ יְהַב־לֵ֔הּ וְהַ֨שְׁלְטֵ֔הּ עַ֖ל כָּל־מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֑ל וְרַב־סִגְנִ֔ין עַ֖ל כָּל־חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* then the king (et) Daniel he.made.great and gifts great many he.gave to him and he made.him.ruler over all the.province of.Babylon and chief of.prefects over all the.wise.men of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8/): 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).