H7986
H7986 — שַׁלֶּטֶת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
shalleteth (shal-leh'-teth) adj.
1. a vixen
[feminine from H7980]
KJV: imperious.
Root(s): H7980
TWOT
TWOT: 2396c
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KJV Renderings
imperious.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB8721
שַׁלִּיט adjective having mastery, domineering; —
1.
having mastery:
בָּרוּחַ
׳
אֵין אָדָם שׁ
Eccl 8:8
elsewhere as substantive ׳
הַשּׁ
the ruler
Eccl 10:5, so
(with עַלהָֿאָרֶץ) Gen 42:6 (probably late substitution for original word of
E
); plural as substantive שַׁלִּיטִים
Eccl 7:19
(specifically of Alexander's successors PerlesAnal. 42).
2.
domineering, imperious, feminine singular (Kö ii. 10.
201) אִשָּׁה זוֺנָה
שַׁלָּ֑טֶת
Ezek 16:30
(Jerusalem personified).