Governor שַּׁלִּ֣יט

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 7, 2025 · 3m

We are rolling into chapter 42 of Genesis with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. שַּׁלִּ֣יט having power, ruler, having mastery, domineering, governor. It is used 4 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in Ecclesiastes and once in our chapter of Genesis. Here are all the uses. We see it used in the sense of not being in control of one’s own life. Ecclesiastes 8:7-8 For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be? No man has שַׁלִּ֤יט power to retain the spirit, or שִׁלְטוֹן֙ power over the day of death. It is also used in reference to one in charge…