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title: שָׁלַשׁ — do a third time · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלַשׁ (8027), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: do a third time. BDB 1906: Pi. denom. do third time, divide into three parts Pu. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלַשׁ

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«שָׁלַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **do a third time** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 8027 · **BDB:** שִׁלֵּשׁ

### Glosses

three.years.old (3); \[were\].divided.into.three.parts (1); do.\[it\].a.third.time (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8027/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.'

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

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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.

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