H8027
שָׁלַשׁ
to do three
1) to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts 1a) (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts 1b) (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
I. [שִׁלֵּשׁ] Pi`el denominative do a third time, devide into three parts, etc.; — Perfect 2 masculine singular וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֫ Deut 19:3 divide land into three parts (so Imperfect וַיְשַׁלֵּשׁ אֶתהָֿעָם [for ᵑ0 וַיְשַׁלַּח] 2Sam 18:2 ᵐ5L Bu); 1Sam 20:19 stay three days (compare Dr); v1Sam 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 1Kgs 18:34, and Imperative masculine plural שַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ v1Kgs 18:34 do a third time. Pu`al Participle מְשֻׁלָּשׁ three years old Gen 15:9 + 1Sam 1:24 (read with ᵐ5 Th We etc. בְּפַר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ for בְּפָרִם שְׁלשָׁה), feminine מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת Gen 15:9 (twice in verse); הַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ Eccl 4:12 the threefold cord; female plural מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֺת Ezek 42:6 three-storied chambers.
6 occurrences
Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (1), I Kings (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Ezekiel (1)