Lexical Summary shalosh: a three, triad Original Word: שָׁלוֹשׁTransliteration: shalosh Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-loshe') Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: a three, triad Meaning: three, third, thrice Strong's Concordance fork, oftentimes, third, thirteen three, thrice Or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}; masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) Thrice -- + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare shaliysh. see HEBREW shaliysh Brown-Driver-Briggs H7969. shalosh שְׁלשָׁה שָׁלוֺשׁ, שָׁלשׁ,430 noun masculine and feminine a three, triad (Late Hebrew id.; שלש SI2; שלשן30MI2; Phoenician שלש; Assyrian šalaštu, šalatu; Sabean שלתֿ HomChr 47, 124, but also תֿלתֿ, etc., Id.47, A. u. A. ii. 175 SabDenkmNo. 31, 8; Arabic , ; Ethiopic Aramaic תְּלָתָא, ; Nabataean תלת Lzb377; Palmyrene תלת (in מאה תלת) ReckendZMg xiii (1888), 408; see also Köii. 1. 208); — masculine וֺשׁ שָׁלשׁ- rare, chiefly late), with noun feminine Amos 4:8 90t., also construct שְׁלשׁ Genesis 18:6 65t. (but 38:24 read perhaps שְׁלשֶׁת Samaritan, compare Di and others), שְׁלָשֿׁ Exodus 21:11; feminine שְׁלשָׁה (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 12:4; Ezekiel 40:10; 41:16; — three (Hexateuch chiefly P): 1 no other number: a. before plural noun, שָׁלשׁ51t., e.g. ׳שׁ אַמוֺת Exodus 27:1 +, ׳שׁ בָּאַמָּה 1 Kings 7:27, שְׁלשָׁה90t., e.g. Genesis 18:2 + (so always שְׁלשֶׁת שְׁלשׁ,; read מִשְׁלשֶׁת 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 ׳לִשׁ יָמִים Exodus 19:5 on third day; הַיָּמִים שׁ ׳הַיּוֺם 1 Samuel 9:20, הַשּׁ ׳הַיּוֺם 30:13, both = three days ago; especially שׁ ׳בִּשְׁנַת לְ 1 Kings 15:28 7t. (Ges§ 134o). 2 13, with noun feminine: עֶשְׂרֵהשָׁנַה שְׁלשׁ Genesis 17:25; 1 Kings 7:1 +? Genesis 14:4 ( שְׁלשֿׁ), Jeremiah 1:2; 25:3; before ערים Joshua 21:19; after, 19:16 3t., before עִיר 21:33; 1 Chronicles 6:43, אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:11; with noun masculine עָשָׂר שְׁלשָׁה before מָּרִים Numbers 29:14; after, 29:13; ordinal before יוֺם Esther 3:12; 9:1; after, 9:17; יוֺם omitted 3:13; 8:12; 9:18; גוֺרָל omitted 1 Chronicles 24:13; 25:20; 26:11. 3300= מֵאוֺת שְׁלשׁ Genesis 5:22 59t. (1 Chronicles 11:11 perhaps intentional change [HPSSm] from שְׁמֹנֶה "" 2 Samuel 23:8 which certainly original, Vrss Th We Dr and modern); 3000 = אֲלָפִים שְׁלשֶׁת 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 32Ki 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; 5:3; 8:23, etc. |
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