Hebrew word · H8027

שָׁלַשׁ

veshilashta

to do three

Appears 9 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

1) to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts

1a) (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts

1b) (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 3

  1. Genesis 15:9 מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ three years old

    And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

Deuteronomy · 1

  1. Deuteronomy 19:3 וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ and you will divide into three

    You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.

1 Samuel · 1

  1. 1 Samuel 20:19 וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ and you will do three times

    When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

1 Kings · 2

  1. 1 Kings 18:34 שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃ do a third time, and they did a third time

    and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

Ecclesiastes · 1

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:12 הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ <the> threefold

    And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ezekiel · 1

  1. Ezekiel 42:6 מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת֙ [were] divided into three parts

    For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

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