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# שִׁלְשֹׁום

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8032

**three days ago** — used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

three days ago [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8032/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שִׁלְשֹׁם: adv. three days ago day before yesterday [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8032/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** and (less often) שִׁלְשׁוֹם 25 adv. = three days ago, specif. day before yesterday (Köii. 1. 255 f. LagBN 20 Anm. BaNB § 216b);—in phr. תְּמוֹל שׁ׳ Ex 5:8 yesterday (and) day before, idiomat. for hitherto, so Ru 2:11, אֶתְמוֹל שׁ׳ 1 S 4:7; כִּת׳ שׁ׳ Gn 31:2, 5 (E), Ex 5:7, 14 (J), 2 K 13:5, cf. 1 S 14:21; 19:7; גַּם־ת׳ גַּם־שׁ׳ Ex 4:10 (J), 2 S 3:17; 1 Ch 11:2, cf. 2 S 5:2; מִתּ׳ שׁ׳ from aforetime, previously Ex 21:29, 36 (E), Dt 4:42; 19:4, 6; Jos 4:18 (J), 3:4; 20:5 (both R), cf. 1 S 10:11; כִּת׳ שׁ׳ 1 S 21:6 as formerly (but Bu מִתּ׳ שׁ׳ = for some days).—שׁ׳ Pr 22:20 Kt is difficult; Qr שָׁלִשִׁים (v. iii. שָׁלִישׁ) is imposs.; supply perhaps תְּמוֹל have I not written to thee heretofore, etc.?

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 24 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 3 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: three days ago (19); \[the\] third day (5).

## In the verses

[Genesis 31:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.2/#tree)

וַיַּ֥רְא יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י לָבָ֑ן וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵינֶ֛נּוּ עִמּ֖וֹ כִּתְמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw Jacob (et) the.face of.Laban and there! not he \[was\].with him as yesterday three.days.ago

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

[2 Samuel 3:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.17/#tree)

וּדְבַר־אַבְנֵ֣ר הָיָ֔ה עִם־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר גַּם־תְּמוֹל֙ גַּם־שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם הֱיִיתֶ֞ם מְבַקְשִׁ֧ים אֶת־דָּוִ֛ד לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the.word of.Abner it.was with the.elders of.Israel (cmp) both yesterday as.well.as \[the\].third.day you.were seeking (et) David to king over you

*JPS 1917:* And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying: 'In times past ye sought for David to be king over you;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8032.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8032/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).