šlyṭ†
Name masculue, "tyrant", "powerful", epithet of the monster tnn.
- Hebrew šlyṭ, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I-V *1, Leiden 1994 ff, 1524;
Arabic salīṭ, E. W. Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon, vols. 1-2, Cambridge 1984, 1406;
Akkad šalṭu, W. von Soden, Akkadisches Handwörterbuch, I-III, Wiesbaden 1965-1981, 1151; The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago/Glückstadt 1956ff., Š/1 271;
Ethiopic šeluṭ, W. Leslau, Comparative Dictyionary of Geʕez, Wiesbaden 1987, 350.
- Cf. Watson, Ugarit-Forschungen 9, 1977, 274f.;
differently: Gray LC 31 n.3: 'the close-coiling one', *ly/wṭ Š, Akkad, lâṭu, Caquot - Sznycer, Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient. Textes Ougaritiques, I. Mythes et légendes, Paris 1974, 168: Personal name, Shaliyaṭ;
Fronzaroli, Mari.Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires 8, 289 and n.56: 'celui qui pique', Arabic slṭ.
¶ Forms: singular šlyṭ.
Tyrant, powerful: šlyṭ d šbʕ rašm the tyrant with seven heads, 1.3 III 42 and parallels.
A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition, 2nd ed., p. 822.
