Word

שָׁלַט

shâlaṭ · H7980 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to control, to rule, to be in charge, to have power over

Process by which humans gain control over other humans or objects

Examples
Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and edict were to be put into effect, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it turned out to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained mastery over those who hated them.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is futility.
to lord it over or overpower

The action by which humans or wild animals exercise control over other humans and so can do with them as they please, mostly in a negative sense

Examples
Nehemiah 5:15 But the previous governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of my fear of God.
Ecclesiastes 8:9 All this I have seen, and have applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised authority over another person to his detriment.
to give control

The action by which deities give humans power over objects, enabling them to handle those objects as they please

Examples
Ecclesiastes 5:19 Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to enjoy them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 6:2 a person to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the opportunity to enjoy these things, but a foreigner enjoys them. This is futility and a severe affliction.
to give control

The action by which deities give a certain condition control over a human being, enabling it to influence that person's behavior

Examples
Psalm 119:133 Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any wrongdoing have power over me.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 3
אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1
יְהוּדִיJudean 1
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
נַעַרyoung man, servant, boy 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

וֹhim 2
אָוֶןevil 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 8 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ עַםpeople 1
בin/on/with+ אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1
בin/on/with+ עָמָלtoil, trouble 1
בin/on/with+ שָׂנֵאto hate 1
בin/on/with+ נִיme 1
בin/on/with+ הֶםthem 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
אַלnot, do not 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Control002003002007: The verb for ruling or having dominion, directly shown in servants who "domineered the people" under earlier governors (Nehemiah 5:15), the Jews who "gained mastery over those who hated them" (Esther 9:1), the prayer against wrongdoing having "power over me" (Psalm 119:133), and having "control over all the fruit of my labor" (Ecclesiastes 2:19); the sampled citation at Ecclesiastes 5:18 does not itself show this sense, describing instead the enjoyment of one's labor.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁלַטshâlaṭ · H7980שׇׁלְטָן sholṭân · H7985 · dominion · 14×שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ · H7990 · captain, be lawful, rule · 10×שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ · H7981 · have the mastery, have power, bear rule · 7×שֶׁלֶט sheleṭ · H7982 · shield · 7×שַׁלִּיט shallîyṭ · H7989 · master, ruler, governor · 4×שִׁלְטוֹן shilṭôwn · H7983 · control, authority · 2×שִׁלְטוֹן shilṭôwn · H7984 · ruler · 2×שַׁלֶּטֶת shalleṭeth · H7986 · brazen, self-willed, headstrong · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7980. shalat שָׁלַט verb domineer, be master of (late) (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian…

H7980. shalat
שָׁלַט verb domineer, be master of (late) (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian süalâ‰u, have power; Arabic overcome, prevail; strong, hard, dominion, also ruler, sultan; Ethiopic Aramaic שְׁלַט, (especially derived species), Nabataean שלטן שלט,); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Ecc 8:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשְׁלַט Ecc 2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁלוֺט Est 9:1; — domineer, lord it over, עַל person, Neh 5:15; ב person Ecc 8:9 (לוֺ לְרַע); ב of thing Ecc 2:19; become master of, ב person Est 9:1 (twice in verse).
Hiph`il 1. give power of: Perfect3masculine singular suffix person לֶאֱכֹל וְהִשְׁלִימוֺ Ecc 5:18, so Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַשְׁליטֶנּוּ Ecc 6:2 (both subject God).
2. = Qal, get mastery of: jussive 3 feminine singular כָּלאָֿ֑וֶן אַלתַּֿשְׁלֶטבִּֿי Psa 119:133.
שְׁלֵט verb have power, rule (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew (q. v.) late); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Dan 3:27, Dan 3:3masculine plural שְׁלִ֫טוּ Dan 6:25; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁלַ֑ט Dan 5:7, Dan 5:3feminine singular תִּשְׁלַט Dan 2:39, Dan 2:2masculine singular תִּשְׁלַ֑ט Dan 5:16; — have power upon, ב of thing, Dan 3:27 (of fire); fall upon, assault (ᵑ7 = בְּ מָּגַע), ב person Dan 6:25 (of lions); subject person rule, be ruler, absolute, Dan 5:7, Dan 5:16, subject kingdom, ב of earth, Dan 2:39.
Haph`el make ruler: Perfect3masculine singular suffix הַשְׁלְטָח Dan 2:38 (ב person, etc.); הַשְׁלְטֵהּ Dan 2:48 (עַל of province).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Control8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0