שָׁלִישׁ

Exodus 14:7 וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם and officers

He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

Exodus 15:4 שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו officers his

Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

1 Samuel 18:6 וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ and with three-stringed instruments

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

2 Samuel 23:8 הַשָּׁלִשִׁ֗י the three

These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

Here: Either 'the Three' (the top trio of heroes in vv. 8–12) or 'the officers' (shalish, a high-ranking aide). The context of vv. 9, 18–19, 22–23 favours 'the Three'.

1 Kings 9:22 וְשָׁלִשָׁ֔יו and officers his

But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

2 Kings 7:2 הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ the officer

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

Here: “The officer,” literally “the third man,” built from the word for “three.” A senior military aide close to the king, not a minor soldier and not a noble by birth.

2 Kings 7:17 הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ the officer

Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

2 Kings 7:19 הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ the officer

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

2 Kings 9:25 שָֽׁלִשׁ֔וֹ officer his

And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:

Here: A chariot officer or close aide. The word is built on 'three' and probably first meant the third man in a chariot crew. Bidkar is Jehu's own man, likely riding in Jehu's chariot at that moment.

2 Kings 10:25 וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים and to the officers, and the officers

When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

2 Kings 15:25 שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ officer his

Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 11:11 הַשָּׁ֣לִישִׁ֔ים the officers

This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

1 Chronicles 12:18 הַשָּׁלִישִׁים֒ the officers

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

Here: Read aloud as 'the officers' (shalish, originally the 'third man' in a chariot, later a high-ranking aide). Written as 'the Thirty', David's famous corps of warriors (1 Chr 11). In practice both point to a senior military commander.

2 Chronicles 8:9 שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו officers his

But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

Psalm 80:5 שָׁלִֽישׁ׃ a third of a measure

You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

Proverbs 22:20 שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים officers

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Here: This is the verse's famous problem word. The consonants as written mean 'the day before yesterday, formerly'. The scribes' marginal reading means 'officers' (literally 'third men', chariot officers), which older interpreters stretched to 'noble' or 'excellent things'. Most scholars now read 'thirty (sayings)', the number of sections in the Egyptian wisdom book this passage draws on.

Isaiah 40:12 בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ in <the> third of a measure

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Here: Literally 'the third'. It was a household dry measure, probably a third of some larger unit, though which unit is not certain. All the earth's soil fits into a kitchen measuring container.

Ezekiel 23:15 שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים icers

wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

Ezekiel 23:23 שָֽׁלִשִׁים֙ icers

the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.