shalit · ruler; ruling, permitted

What it means

shalit (שַׁלִּיט) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “ruler; ruling, permitted”.

One who rules, ruler; mighty; also "it is permitted" (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To have authority; the one in charge.
2. To be lawful: not to be forbidden.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• rules ×4
• ruling ×2
• captain ×1
• permitted ×1
• rule ×1
• ruler ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×2
• Daniel×8

• Ezra 4:20

  And there were mighty kings over Jerusalem and ruling over all the other side of the river, and tribute, tax, and toll were paid to them.

• Ezra 7:24

  And to you it is made known that as for all the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of this house of Elah, it is not permitted to impose on them tribute, tax, or toll.

• Daniel 2:10

  The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, “There is no man on the dry land who can declare the king’s matter, because no king, great and ruling, has asked a thing like this of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

• Daniel 2:15

  He answered and said to Arioch, the captain of the king, “Why is the law so harsh from before the king?” Then Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.

• Daniel 4:17

  The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the request by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it, and the lowliest of men he sets up over it.’

• Daniel 4:25

  that you will be driven away from men, and with the animals of the field your dwelling will be, and grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens you will be drenched, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.

• Daniel 4:26

  And as for what they said, to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom for you will remain firm from the time that you know that the heavens rule.

• Daniel 4:32

  and from men you are being driven away, and with the animals of the field will be your dwelling; grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.”

• Daniel 5:21

  And from the sons of men he was driven away, and his heart was made like that of the animals, and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling; grass like oxen he was made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until he knew that Elah Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and whomever he wishes he sets up over it.

• Daniel 5:29

  Then Belshazzar gave the word, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a necklace of gold on his neck, and they proclaimed concerning him that he would be ruler as third in the kingdom.