שִׁלְשֹׁם
shil.shom
“three days ago”
Definition
trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
or שִׁלְשֹׁם; from the same as H8028 (שֶׁלֶשׁ);
- day before yesterday, three days ago 1a) an idiom for 'heretofore in times past'
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
שִׁלְשֹׁם appears 23 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
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