Qala d'Yeshua · Learn by root · Tier 6
Day 71 of 75 · Judgment and liberation

Sh-L-Ṭ

shultana: authority
שלט · שולטן
ܫܠܛ · ܫܽܘܠܛܳܢ

The feel

Shultana is granted power and the right to act or rule. It is more than force: it carries standing, a giver, and a charge. A strong person can lift a gate; a person with authority can order it opened. In the anchored corpus use, the Father gives authority to carry out judgment.

The root family

FormPatternTransliterationScriptStandardQala rendering
shultananoun, -ana patternšulṭānāשולטנא ܫܽܘܠܛܳܢܳܐauthority, dominionauthority (šulṭān, Mt 28:18)
ashletAphel verbwaʾšlṭehואשלטה ܘܰܐܫܠܛܶܗgave him authorityhe gave him authority (Jn 5:27)
shallitadoer-pattern nounšalliṭāשליטא ܫܰܠܺܝܛܳܐruler; one empoweredscaffold form: standard Aramaic, not in this corpus's glossary
Paradigm forms are a teaching scaffold from standard Aramaic grammar; corpus-attested words above are drawn from the glossary.

The verb stems

StemFormSenseIn this corpus
Pealšleṭto have power over, to rulescaffold form; the base sense of the root
Ethpeelnot attested
Paelnot attested
Ethpaalnot attested
Aphelašleṭto give authority, to set overattested: waʾšlṭeh, Jn 5:27
Ettaphalnot attested
Stem table is a grammar scaffold: how Aramaic bends one root through voice and cause.

In his voice

John 5:27 · interlinear
And he has given him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
waʾšlṭeh , one packed word: "and he gave-him-authority." The Aphel of Sh-L-Ṭ, with the noun šulṭānā folded inside the act of granting.
Matthew 28:18 · interlinear
Then Yeshua came near and spoke to them. "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
šulṭān , "authority." Even at the summit, the word stays true to its grammar: authority is given , never seized.

Practice

Name one responsibility truly given to you. Sit quietly for one minute, then write who entrusted it to you and one action that honors that trust today.

Say shultana aloud: granted power, carried as a trust.

Connections

M-L-K, the reignD-Y-Nashlet: authority given
Witness note: the forms above rest on the Peshitta as the primary witness, with Palestinian Aramaic attestation marked where a Western source carries the word.