What does שָׁלַשׁ mean in the Bible?
שָׁלַשׁ is a Hebrew word meaning "to be (causatively, make ) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)".
Hebrew · H8027
שָׁלַשׁ
To be (causatively, make ) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
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שָׁלַשׁH8027
What does שָׁלַשׁ mean in the Bible?
שָׁלַשׁ is a Hebrew word meaning "to be (causatively, make ) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8027?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include - (2), [each] three years old (1), [When] you have stayed three days (1), and divide into three regions (1), and they did it a third time (1).
Where does שָׁלַשׁ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 15:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (3), 1 Kings (2), 1 Samuel (1), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It-2×Genesis 15:9
[each] three years old1×Genesis 15:9
[When] you have stayed three days1×1 Samuel 20:19
and divide into three regions1×Deuteronomy 19:3
and they did it a third time1×1 Kings 18:34
Do [it] a third time1×1 Kings 18:34
of three1×Ecclesiastes 4:12
were arranged in three stories1×Ezekiel 42:6
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 15:9מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁתto-Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular constructGenesis 15:9מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁתto-Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular constructGenesis 15:9מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁto[each] three years oldVerb - Pual - Participle - masculine singularDeuteronomy 19:3וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙toand divide into three regionsConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular1 Samuel 20:19וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙to[When] you have stayed three daysConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular1 Kings 18:34שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּtoDo [it] a third timeVerb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural1 Kings 18:34וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃toand they did it a third timeConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralEcclesiastes 4:12הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁtoof threeArticle | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singularEzekiel 42:6מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת֙towere arranged in three storiesVerb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 15:9
Aligned rows9
Books represented6
Genesis3Deuteronomy11 Samuel11 Kings2Ecclesiastes1Ezekiel1
Source forms
וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙2xwə·šil·laš·tāDeuteronomy 19:3, 1 Samuel 20:19
הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ1xham·šul·lāšEcclesiastes 4:12
וַיְשַׁלֵּֽשׁוּ׃1xway·šal·lê·šū1 Kings 18:34
מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ1xmə·šul·lāšGenesis 15:9
מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת֙1xmə·šul·lā·šō·wṯEzekiel 42:6
מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת1xmə·šul·le·šeṯGenesis 15:9
מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת1xmə·šul·le·šeṯGenesis 15:9
שַׁלֵּ֖שׁוּ1xšal·lê·šū1 Kings 18:34
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular2xDeuteronomy 19:3, 1 Samuel 20:19
Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular construct2xGenesis 15:9
Article | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular1xEcclesiastes 4:12
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural1x1 Kings 18:34
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural1x1 Kings 18:34
Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural1xEzekiel 42:6
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular1xGenesis 15:9
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to be (causatively, make ) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
Source Gloss
to be (causatively, make ) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years) BDB: do a third time Usage: do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups2Aligned forms5
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject4×
Participle passiveEzek 42:6 · Gen 15:94×
Pielintensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action1×
Sequential imperfect1Kgs 18:341×
Word Origins
שָׁלַשׁ is built from this root: