שָׁלִישׁ
sha.lish
“third”
Definition
a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);
- third part 1a) name of a measure
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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H:N-M
Occurrences
שָׁלִישׁ appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, his officers and captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
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.”
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:
Pharaoh’s chariots and armyHe has cast into the sea;the finest of his officersare drowned in the Red Sea.
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