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title: שָׁלִישׁ — adjutant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלִישׁ (7991), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: adjutant. BDB 1906: n.m. adjutant officer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלִישׁ

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«שָׁלִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **adjutant** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 7991 · **BDB:** שָׁלִישׁ²

### Glosses

officer (5); officers (5); his.officers (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

adjutant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7991/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. adjutant officer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7991/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. adjutant or officer (best explained as third man (in chariot), v. especially HptBAS iv. 586 f. BenderZAW xxiii (1903), 19 WMMAs. u. Eur. 329; v. also KauM N., DPV, 1904, 10; doubted by Di Ex 14:7 Baenib. Buhl14);—abs. שׁ׳ of king’s personal attendant at court 2 K 7:2, 17, 19, sf., military officer of king, שָֽׁלִשֹׁה 2 K 9:25, שָֽׁלִישׁוֹ 15:25 (on abnormal—ָ v. Ges§ 93 xx Köii. 1. 133, 449, 495); pl. שָֽׁלִישִׁים Ez 23:15 + (sometimes שָֽׁלִשִׁם, etc.) v 23 Ex 14:7; 2 K 10:25(×2), + (Qr) 2 S 23:8 (\> Kt שׁלשׁי) = 1 Ch 11:11; 12:19 (v 18 van d. H.; Kt in both, שׁלושׁים), read in all three הַשְּׁלשָׁה (רֹאשׁ) chief of the three 𝔊L We Dr Bu Now.—שָֽׁלִשִׁים Pr 22:20 Qr v. שִׁלְשֹׁם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7991/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 14:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.14.7/)

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וַיִּקַּ֗ח שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת רֶ֙כֶב֙ בָּח֔וּר וְכֹ֖ל רֶ֣כֶב מִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם עַל־כֻּלּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.took six hundred(s) chariot\[s\] chosen and all the.chariotry of.Egypt and officers \[were\].over of.it all

*JPS 1917:* And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

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[Exodus 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.4/)

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מַרְכְּבֹ֥ת פַּרְעֹ֛ה וְחֵיל֖וֹ יָרָ֣ה בַיָּ֑ם וּמִבְחַ֥ר שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו טֻבְּע֥וּ בְיַם־סֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* the.chariots of.Pharaoh and army his he.has.thrown in the sea and the.choicest his.officers his they.have.been.sunk in.\[the\] sea of.reed\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

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