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title: שֶׁלֶט — shield · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁלֶט (7982), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: shield. BDB 1906: n.m. shield Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁלֶט

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«שֶׁלֶט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shield** — 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:** 7982 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫לֶט

### Glosses

shields (4); the.shields (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shield [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7982/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. shield Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7982/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 8:7 shield(?);—pl. שְׁלָטִים 2 K 11:10 +, cstr. שִׁלְטֵי 2 S 8:7 +; sf. שִׁלְטֵיהֶם Ez 27:11;—shields (so AV RV Thes; al. quivers, or \[v. especially BarnesExpos. T. x. 43 f. (cf. 188)\] arms, equipment; Vrss vary; Assyrian šalṭu (v. √) seems to be a specif. article), 2 S 8:7 = 1 Ch 18:7; 2 K 11:10 = 2 Ch 23:9 (where + מָגִנּוֹת, but) Ct 4:4 appos. of מָגֵן (q.v. sub גנן), hung on walls, cf. Ez 27:11; מִלְאוּ הַשּׁ׳ Je 51:11 i.e., perhaps, put arms through thongs, ready to use them (but v. Barnesl.c., and Gie, cf. מלא Qal 2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁלֶט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7982/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.7/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֗ד אֵ֚ת שִׁלְטֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֔וּ אֶ֖ל עַבְדֵ֣י הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶר וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took David (et) the.shields of.(the) gold which they.were to the.servants of.Hadadezer and he brought.them Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

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[1 Chronicles 18:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.18.7/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֗יד אֵ֚ת שִׁלְטֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֔וּ עַ֖ל עַבְדֵ֣י הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶר וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took David (et) the.shields of.(the) gold which they.were on the.servants of.Hadadezer and he brought.them Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

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