שָׁלַשׁ

«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.

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 →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

Pi. denom. do third time, divide into three parts Pu. tree →

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «שָׁלַשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Genesis 15:9

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

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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