Lexical Definition

‎תְּלַת‎ tᵉlath (tel-ath') third ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) from ‎תְּלָת‎

third.

• a tertiary rank

1) third, one of three, a third part

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שְׁלִישִׁי

• Aramaic of she.li.shi (‎ש‎ְׁ‎ל‎ִ‎יש‎ִׁ‎י‎ "third" שְׁלִישִׁי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: שֵׁאת
[‎תְלַּתּ‎] noun [masculine] a third part (so ᵑ7 ‎תֻלְּתָֿ‎, ‎תַּלְתָּא‎, Syriac , Nabataean ‎תלת‎ SAC¹²¹, Arabic , , Assyrian šulultu (= šuluštu) Meissn^{Suppl. 95}, compare Dl^WB; see also M^{88 *} Dr^{Dan 5:7}); — emphatic ‎תַּלְתָּא‎ adverb as one of three Dan 5:16; Dan 5:29 (Bev the third day, every three days, see So in M⁸⁸ *).

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