( J ), 3:4 ; 20:5 (both R ), cf. 1 S 10:1 1; כִּת׳ שׁ׳ 1 S 21:6 as formerly (but Bu מִתּ׳ שׁ׳ = for some days ).— שׁ׳ Pr 22:20 Kt is difficult; Qr שָׁלִשִׁים (v. III . שָׁלִישׁ ) is imposs.; supply perhaps תְּמוֹל have I not written to thee heretofore , etc.?
שְׁלשִׁים (very seldom שְׁלשִׁם , שְׁלוֹשׁים )174 n. indecl. thirty ;— 1. bef. n. sg. : אַמָּה Gn 6:15 + 3 times, + , c. בָּאַמָּה Ex 26:8 + 3 times; שָׁנָה 2 S 5:4 + 12 times (age of paternity, of Levitical or royal duty, etc.), אִישׁ Ju 14:19 + 3 times, etc.; bef. n.pl. בָּנִים Ju 10: 4; 12:9 , אֲנָשִׁים Je 38:10 (read here prob. שְׁלשָׁה Ew Hi Gf al. ), less common words Ez 40:17 Ezr 1: 9, 10 , etc.; after n.pl. Gn 32:1 6, שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים Ez 41: 6; שׁ׳ אֶלֶף 1 Ch 23:3 +, שׁ׳ אֲלָפִים Ezr 2:35 Ne 7:3 8; שׁ׳ foll. units Gn 11:12 + 14 times, precedes 1 K 22:42 + 29 times; שׁ׳ foll. 100 (1000, etc.) Gn 5:5 + 15 times, precedes 5:3 + 21 times 2. as ordin. וְאַחַת שָׁנָה לְ (בִּ)שְׁנַת שׁ׳ 1 K 16:2 3, cf. v 29 + 4 times; שָׁנָה om. Ne 5:14 + 4 times; שְׁנַת om. 2 K 25:27 = Je 52:3 1; בִּשׁ׳ שָׁנָה alone Ez 1:1 .— 1 S 13:5 read שְׁלשֶׁת GL We Dr al. ; 2 S 23:13 read שְׁלשָׁה Qr Vrss Th and mod.; 1 Ch 11:11 read הַשְּׁלשֶׁת , הַשְּׁלשָׁה GL Kit Benz al. (so || 2 S 23:8 for הַשָּׁלִשִׁי .
•
I
.
שָׁלִ(י)שׁ
S
7991
TWOT
2403e, 2403f, 2403g
GK
8955, 8956, 8957
n.
[
m.
]
third
(part, i.e. of ephah?
dub.
), name of a measure;—for dust
Is 40:12
, tears
ψ 80:6
(in
fig.
),
adv. acc.
2.
•
II
. [
שָׁלִישׁ
S
7991
TWOT
2403e, 2403f, 2403g
GK
8955, 8956, 8957
]
n.
[
m.
]
pl.
שָֽׁלִשִׁים
, a (three-stringed? three-barred? three-cornered?) mus. instr., perhaps a
sistrum
(so
B
), or ‘triangle’ (
RVm
:
cf.
Prince
EB iii. 3228
),
1 S 18:6
(
+
בְּתֻפִּים
).
• III . שָׁלִישׁ S 7991 TWOT 2403e, 2403f, 2403g GK 8955, 8956, 8957 n.m. adjutant or officer
(
best explained as
third
man (in chariot),
v.
especially
Hpt
BAS iv. 586 f.
Bender
ZAW
Gf K. H. Graf. Benz J. Benzinger. RVm Revised Version margin.
EB Encyclopaeddia Biblica, edd. Black and Cheyne.