שָׁלַשׁ
sha.lash
“to do three”
Definition
to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ),
- 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
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
שָׁלַשׁ appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
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