שֶׁלֶט, preced.), pl. שְׁלָטִים (cmp. כֶּלִי) armor, shields; trnsf. arm-bearers; (homilet.) the righteous as the protectors of their generation. Cant. R. to IV, 4 כל שִׁלְטֵי … שהוא עומד וישלט וכ׳ ‘all armors of the mighty’, this includes all those who control their inclinations &c.; Yalk. ib. 988. Cant. R. l. c. ולא אתם … אלא כל שלטי וכ׳ and not you yourselves (directly) are suspended on it (enjoy the protection of the Law), but only ‘all the shields of the mighty’ … as Moses in his time &c.