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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #7969 - שְׁלֹשָׁה
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- three, triad
- 3, 30, third
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2847) sls (סהלסה ShLSh) AC: ? CO: Three AB: ?
V) sls (סהלסה ShLSh) - Threefold: KJV (9): (vf: Pual, Piel) three, third, threefold - Strongs: H8027 (שָׁלַשׁ)
Nm/f) sls (סהלסה ShLSh) - I. Three:[Aramaic only; Also meaning thirty in Aramaic when written in the plural form - nitlt]II. Third:[Aramaic only] KJV (15): three, third - Strongs: H8531 (תְּלָת), H8532 (תְּלָתָא), H8533 (תְּלָתִין)
bm) sils (סהליסה ShLYSh) - I. Captain:As one in charge of thirty. [df: swls]II. Shaliysh:A three stringed or triangular instrument. Also a standard of measure. KJV (20): captain, lord, instrument, measure, excellent, prince - Strongs: H7991 (שָׁלֹשׁ)
cm/f) sfls (סהלוסה ShLWSh) - Three: [Also meaning thirty when written in the plural form - misls] KJV (605): three, third, thrice - Strongs: H7969 (שְׁלֹשָׁה), H7970 (שְׁלֹשִׁים)
em ) slis (סהילסה ShYLSh) - Third: KJV (5): third - Strongs: H8029 (שִׁלֵּשִׁים)
bfm) isils (סהליסהי ShLYShY) - Third: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (110): third, three - Strongs: H7992 (שְׁלִישִׁי), H8523 (תַּלְתִּי)
eqpm) mfslis (סהילסהומ ShYLShWM) - Before: In the sense of three days ago or the past times. KJV (25): before, past - Strongs: H8032 (שִׁלְשֹׁם)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun masculine and feminine a three, triad (Late Hebrew id.; שלש SI2; שלשן30MI2; Phoenician שלש; Assyrian šalaštu, šalatu; Sabean שלתֿ Hom Chr 47,124, but also תֿלתֿ, etc., Id.47, A. u. A. ii. 175 SabDenkm No. 31,8; Arabic ,
; Ethiopic
Aramaic תְּלָתָא,
; Nabataean תלת Lzb377; Palmyrene תלת (in תלת מאה) Reckend ZMg xiii (1888), 408; see also Kö ii. 1. 208); — masculineשָׁלשׁ וֺשׁ- rare, chiefly late), with
noun feminine Amos 4:8 90t., also construct שְׁלשׁ Genesis 18:6 65t. (but Genesis 38:24 read perhaps שְׁלשֶׁת Samaritan, compare Di and others), שְׁלָשֿׁ Exodus 21:11; feminineשְׁלשָׁה (וֺשָׁה- rare, chiefly late), with
noun masculine Genesis 6:10 149t., also construct שְׁלשֶׁת Amos 4:4 92t. (3 1013are additional; on rare exceptions to rule of Gender compare Ges§ 97c), suffix שְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶם Numbers 12:4, שְׁלָשְׁתָּם Numbers 12:4; Ezekiel 40:10; Ezekiel 41:16; — three (Hexateuch chiefly P):
1 no other number:
a. before plural noun, שָׁלשׁ51t., e.g. אַמוֺת׳שׁ Exodus 27:1 +, בָּאַמָּה׳שׁ 1 Kings 7:27, שְׁלשָׁה90t., e.g. Genesis 18:2 + (so always שְׁלשׁ, שְׁלשֶׁת; read מִשְׁלשֶׁת Genesis 38:24 Sam Di; = ׳מִשְּׁ, from מִןֿ); after noun (late: on 1 Samuel 1:24 see [שִׁלֵּשׁ) 1 Chronicles 25:5 17t.; noun omitted 1 Samuel 17:4; 2 Samuel 24:12 42t.
b. = ordinal יָמִים׳לִשׁ Exodus 19:5 on third day; ׳הַיּוֺם שׁהַיָּמִים 1 Samuel 9:20, ׳הַיּוֺם הַשּׁ 1 Samuel 30:13, both = three days ago; especially לְ׳בִּשְׁנַת שׁ 1 Kings 15:28 7t. (Ges§ 134 o).
2 13, with
noun feminine: שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהשָׁנַה Genesis 17:25; 1 Kings 7:1 #NAME? Genesis 14:4 ( שְׁלשֿׁ), Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 25:3; before ערים Joshua 21:19; after, Joshua 19:16 3t., before עִיר Joshua 21:33; 1 Chronicles 6:43, אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:11; with
noun masculineשְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר before מָּרִים Numbers 29:14; after, Numbers 29:13; ordinal before יוֺם Esther 3:12; Esther 9:1; after, Esther 9:17; יוֺם omitted Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:18; גוֺרָל omitted 1 Chronicles 24:13; 1 Chronicles 25:20; 1 Chronicles 26:11.
3300= שְׁלשׁמֵאוֺת Genesis 5:22 59t. ( 1 Chronicles 11:11 perhaps intentional change [HPS Sm] from שְׁמֹנֶה "" 2 Samuel 23:8 which certainly original, Vrss Th We Dr and modern); 3000 = שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Exodus 32:28 28t.
4 c. tens, ׳שׁ following Numbers 1:43 11t., precedes Leviticus 12:4 17t., + (as ordinal) 3 20 Jeremiah 52:30 3t.; 20 32 K1Jeremiah 12:7 2t.
5 as round, or conventional, number: 2 ( or) 3, Amos 4:8; Deuteronomy 17:6; Joshua 7:3; 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; 3( and) 4, Proverbs 30:15,18,21,29; three days' journey Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23, etc.