שָׁלִישׁshâlîysh

שָׁלִ(י)שׁ: third, (part, i.e.

Pronunciation: shaw-leesh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7991

Meanings

of ephah? dubious), name of a measure (Isaiah 40:12; Psalms 80:6)

שָׁלִישׁ: a (three-stringed? three-barred? three-corned?) musical instrument, perhaps a sistrum, or 'triangle' (1 Samuel 18:6)

שָׁלִישׁ: adjutant or officer, of king's personal attendant at court, military officer of king (Exodus 14:7; 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Kings 7:17; 2 Kings 7:19; 2 Kings 9:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 14:7 He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander.
  • Exodus 15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
  • 1 Samuel 18:6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.
  • 2 Samuel 23:8 These are the names of David’s mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the three mightiest warriors among David’s men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle.
  • 1 Kings 9:22 But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for forced labor. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, government officials, officers and captains in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.
  • 2 Kings 7:2 The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).