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שְׁלֵט shᵉlêṭ — (Aramaic) corresponding to H7980

pronounced shel-ate' · Strong's H7981 · 7 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Pe'al, Haph'el

Translated in the KJV as have the mastery, have power, bear rule, be ruler.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7980.

shᵉlêṭ in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Perfect (qatal) 2

תִשְׁלַ֖ט Dan 2:39 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. (KJV)

שְׁלֵ֨ט Dan 3:27 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. (KJV)

יִשְׁלַֽט Dan 5:7 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. (KJV)

Haph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2

וְהַשְׁלְטָ֖ךְ Dan 2:38 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. (KJV)

וְהַ֨שְׁלְטֵ֔הּ Dan 2:48 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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