Lexical Definition

‎שִׁלְשׁוֹם‎ shilshôwm (shil-shome') three days ago ^H:N
or שִׁלְשֹׁם shilshôm (shilshome'); from the same as ‎שֶׁלֶשׁ‎

[phrase] before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), [phrase] heretofore, three days, [phrase] time past.

• trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday

1) day before yesterday, three days ago
1a) an idiom for 'heretofore in times past'

See Greek: ἡμέρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שָׁלִישׁ

‎שִׁלְשֹׁם‎ and (less often) ‎שִׁלְשׁוֺם‎₂₅ adverb = three days ago, specifically day before yesterday (Kö^{ii. 1. 255 f.} Lag^{BN 20 Anm.} Ba^{NB § 216 b}); — in phrase ‎׳‎‎תְּמוֺל שׁ‎ Exod 5:8 yesterday (and) day before, idiomatic for hitherto, so Ruth 2:11, ‎׳‎‎אֶתְמוֺל שׁ‎ 1Sam 4:7 ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎כִּת‎ Gen 31:2; Gen 31:5 (E), Exod 5:7; Exod 5:14 (J), 2Kgs 13:5, compare 1Sam 14:21; 1Sam 19:7 ‎׳‎‎גַּםשֿׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎גַּםתֿ‎ Exod 4:10 (J), 2Sam 3:17; 1Chr 11:2, compare 2Sam 5:2 ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎ from aforetime, previously Exod 21:29; Exod 21:36 (E), Deut 4:42; Deut 19:4; Deut 19:6; Josh 4:18 (J), Josh 3:4; Josh 20:5 (both R), compare 1Sam 10:11 ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎כִּת‎ 1Sam 21:6* as formerly (but Bu ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎ = for some days). — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 22:20 Kt is difficult; Qr ‎שָׁלִשִׁים‎ (see III. ‎שָׁלִישׁ‎) is impossible; supply perhaps ‎תְּמוֺל‎ have I not thee heretofore, etc.?

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