Strong's Lexicon

H8531

H8531 — תְּלַת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Aramaictlathnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 3058b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8531
Word:	תְּלַת
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	(Aramaic) from H8532
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	tlath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tel-ath'
Meaning:	1. a tertiary rank
KJV Renderings:	third.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8365

שֵׁאת noun feminine doubtful word; perhaps (for *שֶׁאֶת) din of battle (= שָׁאוֺן); Thes and others devastation, compare שְׁאִיָּה; either meaning suits ׳ הַשּׁ Lam 3:47 (|| הַשָּׁ֑בֶר; but We^{compare Hex. 2, 351}, from II. שׁוא, desolation); contracted (according to Thes and most) שֵׁת, in בְּנֵי שֵׁת Num 24:17 ( J ) sons of (battle-)din (warriors, = שָׁאוֺןבְּנֵי in || Jer 48:45); Vrss take שֵׁת here as proper name; Gray proposes שֵׂת = שְׂאֵת, pride, or reading as Jeremiah compare We^{comp. Hex.351}.

BDB10001

[תְלַּתּ] noun [masculine] a third part (so ᵑ7 תֻלְּתָֿ, תַּלְתָּא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 6192], Nabataean תלת SAC¹²¹, Arabic [untranscribed source text 6193], [untranscribed source text 6194], Assyrian šulultu (= šuluštu) Meissn^{Suppl. 95} , compare Dl^WB; see also M^{88 *} Dr^{Dan 5:7}); — emphatic תַּלְתָּא adverb as one of three Dan 5:16; Dan 5:29 (Bev the third day, every three days, see So in M⁸⁸ *).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke