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Ezekiel 14:16
“Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7969 · Hebrew
- Definition
- three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- Derivation
- or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).
- Grammar
- שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת — cardinal number, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 431 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:22Genesis 5:23Genesis 6:10Genesis 6:15Genesis 7:13
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 שָׁלוֹשׁ 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.