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title: שְׁלֵט — have power · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁלֵט (lemma:שְׁלֵט), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: have power. BDB 1906: vb. have power, rule. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁלֵט

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«שְׁלֵט» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **have power** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁלֵט · **BDB:** שְׁלֵט

### Glosses

he (2); he.will.rule (1); it.had.had.power (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8/#m3)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁלֵט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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