H7990

שַׁלִּיט

shal.litA:A

ruling

1) having mastery, having authority, ruling 1a) having or exercising mastery, ruling 1b) ruler (subst) 1c) having authority 1c1) it is authorised

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, ruling; — absolute ׳שׁ Ezra 7:24 +, emphatic אָ֯ Dan 2:15 masculine plural שְׁלִיטִין Ezra 4:20, מִן- Dan 4:23 —

1. having, exercising, mastery:
  a. of God, followed by ב, Dan 4:14; Dan 4:22; Dan 4:29; Dan 5:21 absolute, of heavens Dan 4:23
  b. of kings Ezra 4:20 (ב).
2. as noun = ruler Dan 2:10, captain vDan 2:15.
3. having authority to do a thing (Infinitive), hence impersonal = it is authorized, Ezra 7:24 (so often in Syriac; compare S-CA 11 + אנת שליט למבנה).


6 occurrences

Ezra (2), Daniel (4)