Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 20:19
“And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8027 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
- Derivation
- a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ),
- KJV renderings
- do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:9Genesis 15:9Genesis 15:9Deuteronomy 19:31 Kings 18:34
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁלַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.