H8027Hebrewməšullāš

שָׁלַשׁ

do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).

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Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts
  • 2(piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts
  • 3(pual) to be three years of age, be threefold

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ),

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâlash; Pronunciation: shaw-lash'