שָׁלַשׁ

I. [שִׁלֵּשׁ] Pi`el denominative do a third time, devide into three parts, etc.; — Perfect 2 masculine singular וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֫ 5 Mos 19,3 divide land into three parts (so Imperfect וַיְשַׁלֵּשׁ אֶתהָֿעָם [for ᵑ0 וַיְשַׁלַּח] 2 Sam 18,2 ᵐ5L Bu); 1 Sam 20,19 stay three days (compare Dr); v1 Sam 20,20 We Dr and others (compare ᵐ5) read ׳אֲשַׁלֵּשׁ בַּ (for ׳שְׁלשֶׁת הַ) = I will shoot on the third day with the arrows (HPS question); Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיְשַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ 1 Kong 18,34, and Imperative masculine plural שַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ v1 Kong 18,34 do a third time. Pu`al Participle מְשֻׁלָּשׁ three years old 1 Mos 15,9 + 1 Sam 1,24 (read with ᵐ5 Th We etc. בְּפַר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ for בְּפָרִם שְׁלשָׁה), feminine מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת 1 Mos 15,9 (twice in verse); הַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ Praed 4,12 the threefold cord; female plural מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֺת Ezk 42,6 three-storied chambers.