1 Kings 7:5 — Word Study
WLCוְכָל־ הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־ מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃
BSAAllkôl [every single one, everything] the doorwayspethach [entrances, gates] had rectangularrâbaʻ [square, four-sided] framessheqeph△ [window frames, openings] withmûwl the openingsmechĕzâh [windows, sources of light] facing one anotherʼêl [opposite, across from, each other, side by side] in threeshâlôwsh [thrice, a set of three] tierspaʻam [rows, ranks]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | and all | Conjunction, noun common masculine singular construct |
| הַפְּתָחִ֥ים | the openings | Particle, noun common masculine plural absolute |
| וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת | and the doorposts | Conjunction, particle, noun common feminine plural absolute |
| רְבֻעִ֣ים | [were] square | Verb, Qal, participle (passive) masculine plural |
| שָׁ֑קֶף | frame-work | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| וּמ֧וּל | and [the] front | Conjunction, noun common masculine singular construct |
| מֶחֱזָ֛ה | window | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| אֶל־ | [was] to | Preposition |
| מֶחֱזָ֖ה | window | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| שָׁלֹ֥שׁ | three | Noun common, both singular absolute |
| פְּעָמִֽים׃ | times | Noun common, masculine plural absolute |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers. |
| KJV | And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. |
| ASV | And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks. |
| YLT | And all the openings and the side-posts [are] square — windows; and sight [is] over-against sight three times. |
| WEB | All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks. |
| BBE | And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines. |
Where they part company is רְבֻעִ֣ים — see How Translations Differ.
The main clause is supported by two prepositional phrases that provide additional detail about the doorways and their arrangement.






7 commentators on this verse
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verbרָבַע
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Deep Study — 1 Kings 7:5
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Context — The Description of Solomon's Templegenerated
1 Kings 7:5 is part of a detailed account of the construction of Solomon's temple, where the narrator describes various architectural elements, including the doorways and their frames. This verse highlights the meticulous design that characterized the temple, reflecting its significance in ancient Israelite worship and culture. The context includes descriptions of other features, such as high windows and colonnades, which together create a picture of grandeur and beauty.
Cross References
The Key Word — רְבֻעִ֣ים, re.vu.'Imgenerated
The word רְבֻעִ֣ים (revu'im) is a passive participle form of the verb רָבַע (raba'), meaning to square or to make four-sided. It indicates that the doorways were designed to be square, which is significant for their structural integrity and aesthetic appeal.
This term emphasizes the geometric precision of the doorways, suggesting careful planning and craftsmanship. The use of a participle form indicates that this characteristic was an essential aspect of the doorways' design.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb is implied in the description of the doorways, focusing on their characteristics. The structure consists of a noun phrase for the subject—הַפְּתָחִ֥ים (the openings)—followed by a series of descriptive phrases that elaborate on their attributes.
The arrangement of phrases emphasizes the relationship between the doorways and their features, with the prepositional phrases describing the orientation and arrangement of the openings.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates רְבֻעִ֣ים as τετράγωνοι (tetra'gōnoi), which directly conveys the idea of something being square. This choice aligns closely with the Hebrew meaning and highlights the importance of geometric precision in the design of the temple's doorways.
The use of θυρώματα for הַפְּתָחִ֥ים indicates a focus on the openings as entrances, maintaining the architectural context of the verse.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
1 Kings 7:5 describes the doorways of Solomon's temple, noting that all the doorways had square frames and that the openings faced each other in three tiers. This highlights the careful design and structure of the temple, which was a significant place of worship.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The term 'square' indicates that the doorways were designed with equal sides, emphasizing the precision and craftsmanship involved in the construction of the temple.
The arrangement of the openings facing one another in tiers suggests a deliberate architectural design that allowed for light and visibility, enhancing the aesthetic experience of the temple.
While the verse does not specify materials, it can be inferred that high-quality materials such as wood or stone were used, consistent with the grandeur of Solomon's temple.
This verse contributes to the overall narrative by detailing specific architectural features that reflect the importance and magnificence of the temple as a central place of worship in ancient Israel.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What can we learn about the importance of design and structure in our own lives from the details of the temple's doorways?
- How does the precision in the construction of the temple reflect the character of God as a creator?
- In what ways can we apply the principles of careful planning and craftsmanship in our daily tasks?
- How does the arrangement of openings in the temple inspire us to consider how we create spaces for light and connection in our own environments?
Commentators on this verse — 7 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on 1 Kings 7:5 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd all the doors and posts were square with the windows,.... The doors into the several stories and apartments, and the posts and lintel of them, and the windows over them, were all square: and
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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleHe speaks either, first, of the same lights mentioned , it being the manner of the Hebrews to repeat the same things; or rather, of the smaller windows or lights, which were over the several doors, as the manner of many buildings is.
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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments1 Kings 7:5 And all the doors and posts [were] square, with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks.Ver. 5. With the windows.] All were square: and so this house was, ad elegantiam, amaenitatem et recreationem tota comparata, very pleasant.
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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges5. And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows] It is not easy to say how the last word of the Hebrew should be rendered. It is akin to that rendered ‘windows’ by the A.V. in 1 Kings 7:4. Hence a like meaning has been assigned to it here. But there is nothing in the original to represent ‘with the.’ The R.V. used prospects in the previous verse, and so gives here were square in prospects, adding in the margin ‘were made square with beams.’ Taking these ‘beams’ to signify, as before, the ‘framework’ of the doorways, the sense would be ‘were set square in the framework,’ i.e. of the doorways.
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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleAll the doors and posts - The doorways, and the posts which formed them, seem to be intended. These were square at top, not arched or rounded. In Assyrian buildings arched doorways were not uncommon.
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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible5. All the doors — Which led from one of these chambers to another.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on 1 Kings 7 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
All the doors and posts were made square with beams; and window was facing window in three ranks.
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three.
Tyndale line
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
And all the doors and posts were square in prospect: and light was over against light in three ranks.
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
And all the doores, and the side postes with the windowes were foure square, and windowe was ouer against windowe in three rankes.
Strictly literal
And all the doors and posts were square, with an architrave; and window was against window in three ranks.
And all the openings and the side-posts [are] square — windows; and sight [is] over-against sight three times.
And all the openings and the doorposts [are of] square frame; and window [is] toward window three times.
And all the entrances and door-posts formed a square in shape: and windows were opposite windows in three ranks.
All the doors and posts were made square with beams, and window was opposite window in three sets.
From the Latin
And looking one upon another, with equal space between the pillars, and over the pillars were square beams in all things equal.
Simplified
All the doorways and door casings had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other in sets of three.
And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text describes the doorways as having rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers. The Septuagint, while it has a significant portion of the text that aligns with the Masoretic Text, does not provide a complete translation for this verse, leaving gaps in the word-by-word correspondence. Therefore, it is unclear whether the Septuagint agrees or differs in meaning from the Masoretic Text. There are no additional witnesses from the Samaritan Pentateuch or the Dead Sea Scrolls for this verse to compare against the Masoretic Text.
וְכָל־ הַפְּתָחִ֥ים וְהַמְּזוּז֖וֹת רְבֻעִ֣ים שָׁ֑קֶף וּמ֧וּל מֶחֱזָ֛ה אֶל־ מֶחֱזָ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ פְּעָמִֽים׃
9 of the 11 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in 1 Kings 7:5
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
כֹּל (kol) means 'all' or 'the whole.' It can refer to totality, including every person or thing, and is often used with a following genitive to specify what is included. The term can also denote a broader sense of everything in existence or all circumstances of life. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.
כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all
with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
Absolutely:
without the art., all things, all
with the art. הַכֹּל
where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
base
H3605 כֹּל once כּוֹל the whole, all . with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
. Absolutely: . without the art., all things, all
. with the art. הַכֹּל . where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
. in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
3605 kol kole
or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;
hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a
plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any
(manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as
many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole,
whoso(-ever).
see HEBREW for 03634
כֹּל (kol) — all.
1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything
Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)
Conj | N-ms — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular constructHC/Ncmsc
ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.
(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal concern with the men from Shiloh, etc., for the destruction of the Temple, so as to put them off their guard.
(2) All in all, "That God may be all in all" (1Co 15:28, Greek: panta en pasin, "all things in all (persons and) things"). "The universe, with all it comprises, will wholly answer to God's will and reflect His mind" (Dummelow).
פֶּ֫תַח (pethach) refers to an opening, such as a doorway or entrance. It is derived from a root meaning to open and encompasses terms like gate and entrance way. The entries consistently highlight its literal and figurative uses, but do not provide specific verse references.
פֶּ֫תַח 164 n.m. opening, doorway, entrance
base
H6607 פֶּ֫תַח opening, doorway, entrance
6607 pethach peh'-thakh
from 6605; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or
entrance way:--door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate,
opening, place.
see HEBREW for 06605
פֶּ֫תַח (pe.tach) — entrance.
opening, doorway, entrance
Art | N-mp — Particle · noun common masculine plural absoluteHTd/Ncmpa
מְזוּזָה (mezuzah) refers to a door-post or gate-post, indicating a structural element of a doorway. It is derived from a root meaning to be prominent, emphasizing its visibility. The term appears in various contexts related to doorways in the Old Testament.
מְזוּזָה n.f. door-post, gate-post
base
H4201 מְזוּזָה door-post, gate-post
4201 mzuwzah mez-oo-zaw'
or mzuzah {mez-oo-zaw'}; from the same as 2123; a door-post
(as prominent):--(door, side) post.
see HEBREW for 02123
מְזוּזָה (me.zu.zah) — doorpost.
doorpost, gatepost
HC/Td/Ncfpa — Conjunction · particle · noun common feminine plural absoluteHC/Td/Ncfpa
רָבַע (raba`) is a verb meaning to square or to be squared, derived from a primitive root related to the concept of being four-sided. Its usage is limited to participles in the Qal and Pual forms, indicating a denominative action. The entries emphasize its geometric connotation without significant disagreement among lexicons.
[רָבַע] vb. denom., only Pt. pass. squared, square;—
Qal square
Pu. square
base
H7251 רָבַע vb. denom., only Pt. pass. squared, square
7251 raba` raw-bah'
a primitive root (rather identical with 7250 through the idea
of sprawling "at all fours" (or possibly the reverse is the
order of deriv.); compare 702); properly, to be four (sided);
used only as denominative of 7253; to be
quadrate:--(four-)square(-d).
see HEBREW for 07250
see HEBREW for 0702
see HEBREW for 07253
רָבַע (ra.va) — to square.
1) to square, be squared
1a) (Qal) square (participle)
1b) (Pual) square (participle)
V-Qal-Inf-c — Verb · Qal · participle (passive) masculine pluralHVqsmpa
שֶׁ֫קֶף (sheqeph) refers to a framework or casing, particularly in the context of doors and windows. It conveys the idea of a structural element that allows light and air to enter, as noted in 1 Kings 7:5. The word is derived from a related term, indicating a connection to the concept of openings.
[שֶׁ֫קֶף] n.[m.] frame-work, casing of doors;—1 K 7:5.
ref
H8260 שֶׁ֫קֶף
8260 sheqeph sheh'-kef
from 8259; a loophole (for looking out), to admit light and
air:--window.
see HEBREW for 08259
שֶׁ֫קֶף (she.qeph) — frame.
framework, casing (of doors), door, lintel
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
→ See INDUSTRY
→ See LABOR
מוּל (mul) means 'front' or 'in front of,' and is used adverbially to indicate position or direction. It can refer to being opposite or toward the front of something. The word is derived from a root meaning 'abrupt' or 'precipice,' and appears in various contexts in the Old Testament, such as in Deuteronomy 1:1 and Numbers 22:5.
מוּל, מוֹל, מוֹאל subst. and prep. front, in front of
base
H4136 מוּל, מוֹל, מוֹאל front, in front of
4136 muwl mool
or mowl (Deuteronomy 1:1) {mole}; or mowtl (Nehemiah 12:38)
{mole}; or mul (Numbers 22:5) {mool}; from 4135; properly,
abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only
adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite:--(over)
against, before, (fore-)front, from, (God-)ward, toward, with.
see HEBREW for 04135
מוּל (mul) — opposite.
1) front
1a) front
1b) in the opposite direction
prep
2) in front of
2a) in front of
2b) (with prefix)
2b1) towards the front of, to the front of, on the front of
2b2) from the front of, off the front of, close in front of, on the forefront of
Conj | Prep — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular constructHC/Ncmsc
מֶחֱזָה (mechezah) refers to a window or a place of seeing, emphasizing the concept of light. It is derived from the root word meaning to see. The entries consistently highlight its association with visibility and illumination.
מֶחֱזָה n.f. light, place of seeing, window
base
H4237 מֶחֱזָה
4237 mechezah mekh-ez-aw'
from 2372; a window:--light.
see HEBREW for 02372
מֶחֱזָה (me.che.zah) — window.
light, window, place of seeing
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
win'-do.
See HOUSE, II, 1, (9).
Window
Properly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with lattice-work, which might be opened or closed (2 Kings 1:2; Acts 20:9). The spies in Jericho and Paul at Damascus were let down from the windows of houses abutting on the town wall (Josh. 2:15; 2 Cor. 11:33). The clouds are metaphorically called the “windows of heaven” (Gen. 7:11; Mal. 3:10). The word thus rendered in Isa. 54:12 ought rather to be rendered “battlements” (LXX., “bulwarks;” R.V., “pinnacles”), or as Gesenius…
The window of an Oriental house consists generally of an aperture closed in with lattice-work. (Judges 5:28; Proverbs 7:6) Authorized Version "casement;" (Ecclesiastes 12:3) Authorized Version "window;" (Solomon 2:9; Hosea 13:3) Authorized Version "chimney." Glass has been introduced into Egypt in modern times as a protection against the cold of winter, but lattice-work is still the usual, and with the poor the only, contrivance for closing the window. The windows generally look into the inner court of the house, but in every house one or more look into the street. In Egypt these outer windows generally project over the doorway. [HOUSE]
→ General scriptures concerning Ge 6:16; 26:8; Jos 2:15,21; 1Ki 6:4; Eze 40:16-36; Ac 20:9
The Hebrew word אֶל (el) is primarily a preposition indicating motion towards or direction to a person or place. It can also imply entering a limit, presence at a location, or a hostile direction (against). Additionally, it may express concepts such as concerning, in addition to, or according to. The entries highlight its versatility in both physical and metaphorical contexts.
אֶל (nearly always followed by Makkeph),
prep. denoting motion to or direction towards (whether physical or mental).of motion to or unto a person or place
Where the limit is actually entered, into
Of direction towards anything
Where the motion or direction implied appears from the context to be of a hostile character, אֶל = against
Unto sometimes acquires from the context the sense of in addition to
Metaph. in regard to, concerning, on account of
Of rule or standard according to (rare)
Expressing presence at a spot, against, at, by, not merely after verbs implying motion
Prefixed to other preps. it combines with them the idea of motion or direction to
base
H413 אֶל (nearly always followed by Makkeph), . of motion to or unto a person or place
. Where the limit is actually entered, into
. Of direction towards anything
. Where the motion or direction implied appears from the context to be of a hostile character, אֶל = against
. Unto sometimes acquires from the context the sense of in addition to
. Metaph. in regard to, concerning, on account of
. Of rule or standard according to (rare)
. Expressing presence at a spot, against, at, by, not merely after verbs implying motion
. Prefixed to other preps. it combines with them the idea of motion or direction to
413 'el ale
(but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el});
a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but
occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or
among; often in general, to:--about, according to ,after,
against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and,
by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of,
over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether,
with(-in).
אֶל (el) — to(wards).
1) to, toward, unto (of motion)
2) into (limit is actually entered)
2a) in among
3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5) in addition to, to
6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7) according to (rule or standard)
8) at, by, against (of one's presence)
9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)
Prep — PrepositionHR
מֶחֱזָה (mechezah) refers to a window or a place of seeing, emphasizing the concept of light. It is derived from the root word meaning to see. The entries consistently highlight its association with visibility and illumination.
מֶחֱזָה n.f. light, place of seeing, window
base
H4237 מֶחֱזָה
4237 mechezah mekh-ez-aw'
from 2372; a window:--light.
see HEBREW for 02372
מֶחֱזָה (me.che.zah) — window.
light, window, place of seeing
HNcfsa — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
win'-do.
See HOUSE, II, 1, (9).
Window
Properly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with lattice-work, which might be opened or closed (2 Kings 1:2; Acts 20:9). The spies in Jericho and Paul at Damascus were let down from the windows of houses abutting on the town wall (Josh. 2:15; 2 Cor. 11:33). The clouds are metaphorically called the “windows of heaven” (Gen. 7:11; Mal. 3:10). The word thus rendered in Isa. 54:12 ought rather to be rendered “battlements” (LXX., “bulwarks;” R.V., “pinnacles”), or as Gesenius…
The window of an Oriental house consists generally of an aperture closed in with lattice-work. (Judges 5:28; Proverbs 7:6) Authorized Version "casement;" (Ecclesiastes 12:3) Authorized Version "window;" (Solomon 2:9; Hosea 13:3) Authorized Version "chimney." Glass has been introduced into Egypt in modern times as a protection against the cold of winter, but lattice-work is still the usual, and with the poor the only, contrivance for closing the window. The windows generally look into the inner court of the house, but in every house one or more look into the street. In Egypt these outer windows generally project over the doorway. [HOUSE]
→ General scriptures concerning Ge 6:16; 26:8; Jos 2:15,21; 1Ki 6:4; Eze 40:16-36; Ac 20:9
The Hebrew word שָׁלֹשׁ (*shalosh*) means 'three' or 'triad.' It can also refer to the ordinal 'third' and is used in various contexts, including multiplication as 'thrice.' The entries consistently define it as a primitive number without significant disagreement.
שָׁלֹשׁ, שָׁלוֹשׁ, שְׁלֹשָׁה 430 n.m. et f. a three, triad
base
H7969 שָׁלֹשׁ, שָׁלוֹשׁ, שְׁלֹשָׁה a three, triad
7969 shalowsh shaw-loshe'
or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}; masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'};
or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three;
occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice:--+ fork,
+ often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice.
Compare 7991.
see HEBREW for 07991
שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) — three.
1) three, triad
1a) 3, 300, third
Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (תְּלָת "three" H8532)
Adj — Noun common · both singular absoluteHNcbsa
(shalosh; treis).
See NUMBER.
The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13.
פַּ֫עַם (pa'am) refers to a beat or stroke, and encompasses meanings such as foot, anvil, and occurrence. It can denote a footstep or time, indicating repetitions like once, twice, or thrice. The word is built from a root that suggests various applications related to rhythm and timing.
פַּ֫עַם 118 n.f. beat, foot, anvil, occurrence
base
H6471 פַּ֫עַם beat, foot, anvil, occurrence
6471 pa`am pah'-am
or (feminine) pa;amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke,
literally or figuratively (in various applications, as
follow):--anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold,
X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)),
second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
see HEBREW for 06470
פַּ֫עַם (pa.am) — beat.
1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence
1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep
1b) anvil
1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat
1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another
N-fp — Noun common · masculine plural absoluteHNcmpa
