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# שָׁלַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8027

**do a third time** — used 9 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

do a third time [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8027/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שִׁלֵּשׁ: Pi. denom. do third time, divide into three parts Pu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8027/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** Pi. denom. do a third time, divide into three parts, etc.;—Pf. 2 ms. וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֫ Dt 19:3 divide land into three parts (so Impf. וַיְשַׁלֵּשׁ אֶת־הָעָם \[for MT וַיְשַׁלַּח\] 2 S 18:2 𝔊L Bu); 1 S 20:19 stay three days (cf. Dr); v 20 We Dr al. (cf. 𝔊) read אֲשַׁלֵּשׁ בַּ׳ (for שְׁלשֶׁת הַ׳) = I will shoot on the third day with the arrows (HPS qu.); Impf. 3 mpl. וַיְשַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ 1 K 18:34, and Imv. mpl. שַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ v 34 do a third time. Pu. Pt. מְשֻׁלָּשׁ three years old Gn 15:9 + 1 S 1:24 (read with 𝔊 Th We etc. בְּפַר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ for בְּפָרִם שְׁלשָׁה), f. מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת Gn 15:9(×2); הַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ Ec 4:12 the threefold cord; fpl. מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת Ez 42:6 three-storied chambers.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 6 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: three years old (3); \[were\] divided into three parts (1); do \[it\] a third time (1).

## In the verses

[Genesis 15:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.9/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו קְחָ֥ה לִי֙ עֶגְלָ֣ה מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת וְעֵ֥ז מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת וְאַ֣יִל מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ וְתֹ֖ר וְגוֹזָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him bring to me a.heifer three.years.old and a.goat three.years.old and a.ram three.years.old and a.turtle-dove and a.young.pigeon

*JPS 1917:* And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'

[Ecclesiastes 4:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.12/#tree)

וְאִֽם־יִתְקְפוֹ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בִמְהֵרָ֖ה יִנָּתֵֽק׃

*Word for word:* and though someone will.overpower.him the.one \[person\] the.two \[people\] they.will.stand before him and the thread (the) threefold not (in) quickly it.will.be.torn.apart

*JPS 1917:* And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8027.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8027/): 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).