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title: שָׁלִשָׁה — Shalisha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלִשָׁה (8031), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shalisha. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלִשָׁה

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«שָׁלִשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shalisha** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8031 · **BDB:** שָׁלִ֫שָׁה

### Glosses

of.Shalisha (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shalisha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8031/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8031/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. doubtful;—אֶרֶץ־שׁ׳ 1 S 9:4, B 𝔊L Σελχα, A Σαλισσα;? cf. בַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה 2 K 4:42.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלִשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8031/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.4/)

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וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר בְּהַר־אֶפְרַ֛יִם וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־שָׁלִ֖שָׁה וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אוּ וַיַּעַבְר֤וּ בְאֶֽרֶץ־שַׁעֲלִים֙ וָאַ֔יִן וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר בְּאֶֽרֶץ־יְמִינִ֖י וְלֹ֥א מָצָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.passed in the.hill.country of.Ephraim and he.passed in the.land of.Shalisha and not they.found.\[them\] and they.passed in the.land of.Shaalim and there.\[were\].not and he.passed in the.land of.\[the\].Jaminite\[s\] and not they.found.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* And he passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not; then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not; and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

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