שלוש

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Canaanite *šalōš, from Proto-Northwest Semitic *ṯalāṯu, from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯum. Compare Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤔‎ (šlš), Arabic ثَلَاث‎ (ṯalāṯ) and Aramaic תלת‎ (tlāṯ).

Pronunciation

Numeral

שָׁלוֹשׁ • (shalósh) f (defective spelling שָׁלֹשׁ‎, masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה‎ (sh'loshá))

  1. feminine of שְׁלוֹשָׁה‎ (sh'loshá, “three”)
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