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Ecclesiastes 4:12

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Masoretic Text 1524

H518 And if ואם

H8630 prevail against יתקפו

H259 one האחד

H8147 him two השׁנים

H5975 shall withstand יעמדו

H5048 נגדו

H2339 cord והחוט

H8027 him and a threefold המשׁלשׁ

H3808 is not לא

H4120 quickly במהרה

H5423 broken ינתק׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H518 if

H259 one

prevail

H8630 against

him

H8147 two

shall

H5975 withstand

him

and

H8027 threefold

H2339 cord

H3808 not

H4120 quickly

H5423 broken

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8027

Hebrew: שָׁלַשׁ

Transliteration: shâlash

Pronunciation: shaw-lash'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: do the third {time} (divide {into} stay) three ({days} {-fold} {parts} years old).

Definition:

but apparently used only as denominative from {H7969 } to be (causatively make) triplicate (by {restoration} in {portions} {strands} days or years)

1. to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts

a. (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts

b. (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906