STRONGS NUMBER H7980


Word Summary
shalat: to domineer, be master of
Original Word: שָׁלַט
Transliteration: shalat
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-lat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to domineer, be master of
Meaning: to dominate, govern, to permit
Strong's Concordance
bear, have rule, have dominion, give have power

A primitive root; to dominate, i.e. Govern; by implication, to permit -- (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7980. shalat

שָׁלַטverb 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 ׳שׁEcclesiastes 8:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשְׁלַט2:19, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׁלוֺטEsther 9:1; — domineer, lord it over, עַל‎ person, Nehemiah 5:15; ב‎ person Ecclesiastes 8:9 (לוֺ לְרַע‎); ב‎ of thing 2:19; become master of, ב‎ person Esther 9:1 (twice in verse).

Hiph`il 1. give power of: Perfect3masculine singular suffix person לֶאֱכֹל וְהִשְׁלִימוֺEcclesiastes 5:18, so Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַשְׁליטֶנּוּ6:2 (both subject God).

2. = Qal, get mastery of: jussive 3 feminine singular כָּלאָֿ֑וֶן אַלתַּֿשְׁלֶטבִּֿיPsalm 119:133.

שְׁלֵטverb have power, rule (ᵑ7‎ Syriac; Biblical Hebrew (q. v.) late); —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁDaniel 3:27, 3masculine plural שְׁלִ֫טוּ6:25; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁלַ֑ט5:7, 3feminine singular תִּשְׁלַט2:39, 2masculine singular תִּשְׁלַ֑ט5:16; — have power upon, ב‎ of thing, 3:27 (of fire); fall upon, assault (ᵑ7‎ = בְּ מָּגַע‎), ב‎ person 6:25 (of lions); subject person rule, be ruler, absolute, 5:7, 16, subject kingdom, ב‎ of earth, 2:39.

Haph`el make ruler: Perfect3masculine singular suffix הַשְׁלְטָחDaniel 2:38 (ב‎ person, etc.); הַשְׁלְטֵהּ2:48 (עַל‎ of province).