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Ezekiel 14:18

“Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwsh · shaw-loshe'
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: וּ — conjunction
שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת — cardinal number, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Acmsc
Usage: Occurs 431 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:22 Genesis 5:23 Genesis 6:10 Genesis 6:15 Genesis 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.

Verse 17 Verse 19

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.