sha.lat denotes exercising mastery over people, labor, or circumstances, and in Hiphil forms granting or withholding such control.

The predominant use describes a person or group exercising mastery over others or over another's labor, sometimes with harmful force. Hiphil forms place control or enablement in view: God gives or withholds a man's ability to use his possessions, while the psalmist asks that evil not rule over him.

1. Exercise mastery over others or possessions · dominant

   Qal forms describe authority exercised over a person, group, or labor: in Ecclesiastes 2:19 the successor has authority over the speaker's labor, and in Ecclesiastes 8:9 the APB renders one man as domineering over another to his harm. Esther 9:1 reverses the expected mastery of the Jews' enemies, while Nehemiah 5:15 describes the former governors' youths as domineering over the people.

   Ecclesiastes 2:19Ecclesiastes 8:9Esther 9:1Nehemiah 5:15
2. Grant, withhold, or resist controlling power · common

   Hiphil forms occur where God gives or does not give a man the ability to eat from his riches in Ecclesiastes 5:18 and Ecclesiastes 6:2. In Psalm 119:133, the jussive asks that evil not rule over the speaker; the APB renders the clause, "let not all evil rule over me."

   Ecclesiastes 5:18Ecclesiastes 6:2Psalm 119:133

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "domineer" in Ecclesiastes 8:9, Esther 9:1, and Nehemiah 5:15, while it uses "have dominion" in Ecclesiastes 2:19 and "rule" in Psalm 119:133. In Ecclesiastes 5:18 and Ecclesiastes 6:2, the relevant Hiphil contribution is less directly isolable because the translation presents the broader clauses about God giving or not empowering a man.