BDB8762
שָׁלשׁ, שָׁלוֺשׁ, שְׁלשָׁה430
noun masculine and feminine
a three, triad (Late Hebrew id.; שלש
SI2
; שלשן 30
MI2
; Phoenician שלש; Assyrian
šalaštu, šalatu
; Sabean שלתֿ
HomChr 47, 124, but also תֿלתֿ, etc.,
Id.47, A. u. A. ii. 175
SabDenkmNo. 31, 8; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 5584],
[untranscribed source text 5585]; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 5586]
[untranscribed source text 5587] Aramaic תְּלָתָא,
[untranscribed source text 5588]; Nabataean תלת
Lzb377; Palmyrene תלת (in תלת מאה
) ReckendZMg xiii (1888), 408; see also Köii. 1. 208); —
masculine
שָׁלשׁ
וֺשׁ- rare, chiefly late), with noun feminine
Amos 4:8 + 90 t.,
also construct שְׁלשׁ
Gen 18:6 + 65 t.
(but Gen 38:24
read perhaps שְׁלשֶׁת Samaritan, compare Di and others),
שְׁלָשֿׁ
Exod 21:11
feminine
שְׁלשָׁה (וֺשָׁה- rare, chiefly late), with noun masculine
Gen 6:10 + 149 t.,
also construct שְׁלשֶׁת
Amos 4:4 + 92 t. (3 +
10 = 13 are additional; on rare exceptions to rule of gender compare Ges
«GKC:97c»§ 97c), suffix שְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶם
Num 12:4,
שְׁלָשְׁתָּם Num 12:4; Ezek 40:10; Ezek 41:16 — three (Hexateuch chiefly
P
):
1. no other number:
a. before plural noun, שָׁלשׁ 51 t., e.g.
אַמוֺת
׳
שׁ
Exod 27:1 +,
בָּאַמָּה
׳
שׁ
1Kgs 7:27,
שְׁלשָׁה 90 t., e.g. Gen 18:2 + (so always שְׁלשׁ, שְׁלשֶׁת; read
מִשְׁלשֶׁת
Gen 38:24
Sam
Di; = ׳
מִשְּׁ, from מִןֿ); after noun (late: on 1Sam 1:24 see [שִׁלֵּשׁ) 1Chr 25:5 + 17
t.;
noun omitted 1Sam
17:4
; 2Sam
24:12
= 42 t.
b. = ordinal יָמִים
׳
לִשׁ
Exod 19:5
on third day; ׳
הַיּוֺם שׁ
הַיָּמִים
1Sam 9:20,
׳
הַיּוֺם הַשּׁ
1Sam 30:13,
both = three days ago; especially לְ
׳
בִּשְׁנַת שׁ
1Kgs 15:28
+
7 t. (Ges«GKC:134o»§ 134o).
2. 13, with noun feminine: שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהשָׁנַה
Gen 17:25; 1Kgs 7:1 + (as
ordinal) Gen 14:4 (
שְׁלשֿׁ),
Jer 1:2; Jer
25:3 before ערים
Josh 21:19
after, Josh 19:16
+ 3 t., before עִיר
Josh 21:33;
1Chr 6:43,
אַמּוֺת
Ezek 40:11
with noun masculine
שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר before פָּרִים
Num 29:14 after,
Num 29:13
ordinal before יוֺם
Esth 3:12; Esth 9:1 after, Esth 9:17
יוֺם omitted Esth 3:13; Esth 8:12; Esth 9:18
גוֺרָל omitted 1Chr 24:13; 1Chr 25:20; 1Chr 26:11.
3. 300 = שְׁלשׁ
מֵאוֺת
Gen 5:22 + 59 t. (
1Chr 11:11
perhaps intentional change [HPSSm] from שְׁמֹנֶה
|| 2Sam 23:8
which certainly original,
Vrss
Th
We
Dr and modern); 3000 = שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים
Exod 32:28 +28
t.
4. with tens, ׳
שׁ following Num 1:43 + 11 t., precedes Lev 12:4 +17 t., + (as ordinal) 3 + 20 Jer 52:30 +3 t.; 20 + 32 Ki
Jer 12:7 + 2 t.
5. as round, or conventional, number: 2 (or) 3, Amos 4:8; Deut 17:6; Josh 7:3; 2Kgs 9:32; Isa 17:6 3 (and)
4, Prov 30:15
; Prov 30:18;
Prov 30:21;
Prov 30:29
three days' journey
Exod 3:18; Exod 5:3; Exod 8:23, etc.
BDB10000
תְּלָת
noun masculine, תְּלָתָה
feminine, three (
ᵑ7
Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שָׁלשָֽׁ, שִׁלשָׁה); —
masculine
תְּלָת before feminine plural noun Dan 7:5 feminine noun omitted Dan 7:8 Dan 7:20
feminine
תְּלָתָה before masculine plural noun
after, Dan 3:24; Dan 6:3; Dan 6:11; Dan 6:14, so אָ֯
Ezra 6:4
יוֺם תְּלָתָה
Ezra 6:15
third day; suffix תְּלָתֵּהוֺן (K§ 65,
Anm,1) Dan 3:23
the three of them.
