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title: שִׁלְשֹׁום — three days ago · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁלְשֹׁום (8032), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: three days ago. BDB 1906: adv. three days ago day before yesterday. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁלְשֹׁום

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«שִׁלְשֹׁום» in the Tanakh dictionary: **three days ago** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 8032 · **BDB:** שִׁלְשֹׁם

### Glosses

three.days.ago (19); \[the\].third.day (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.?

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁלְשֹׁום» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8032/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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;

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