Hebrew verb · H7980
שָׁלַט
shalatshaw-lat'
to domineer
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâlaṭ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7980is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7980
to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit
The King James renders it: (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shalat is rendered "to domineer". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
Nehemiah 5:15שָׁלְט֣וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- they domineered2
- and he has given power him1
- he domineers1
- he gives power him1
- it have power1
- so he may have power1
- to domineer1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁלַח | shalach | to send: depart | Uses845 |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ | shalosh | three | Uses432 |
| שָׁלוֹם | shalom | peace | Uses236 |
| שָׁלַךְ | shalak | to throw | Uses125 |
| שָׁלַם | shalam | to complete | Uses116 |
| שָׁלָל | shalal | spoil | Uses73 |
| שָׁלֵם | shalem | complete | Uses28 |
| שָׁלַף | shalaph | to draw | Uses25 |
| שָׁלִישׁ | shalish | third | Uses20 |
| שָׁלַל | shalal | to take | Uses16 |
| שָׁלַשׁ | shalash | to do three | Uses9 |
| שָׁלֵו | shalev | at ease | Uses8 |
and 9 more on the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹ1
- וְיִשְׁלַט֙1
- יִשְׁלְט֧וּ1
- יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּ1
- לִשְׁל֣וֹט1
- שָׁלַ֧ט1
- שָׁלְט֣וּ1
- תַּשְׁלֶט־1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhq3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vhq3ms/Sp3ms
- HC/Vqu3ms1HC/Vqu3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVhi3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhi3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
Nehemiah
one use
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- שָׁלְט֣וּshaltuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they domineered
Esther
two uses
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
- לִשְׁל֣וֹטlishlotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to domineer
- יִשְׁלְט֧וּyishletuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they domineered
Psalms
one use
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- תַּשְׁלֶט־tashlet-verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it have power
Ecclesiastes
four uses
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
- וְיִשְׁלַט֙veyishlatHC/Vqu3mstagged: so he may have power
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
- וְהִשְׁלִיט֨וֹvehishlitoHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he has given power him
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
- יַשְׁלִיטֶ֤נּוּyashlitenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gives power him
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
- שָׁלַ֧טshalatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he domineers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.