sha.losh specifies a count of three, including persons, quantities, measurements, and periods of time.

The supplied verses show this adjective marking a numerical count of three across people, large quantities, physical dimensions, and spans of time. It can identify a group, as with David's three mighty men, or specify counted items and durations such as shields, arrows, months, days, and years.

1. A count of three in groups, quantities, and durations · dominant

   The adjective specifies a set or amount in concrete clauses: in 1 Chronicles 11:18 the APB renders “the three” who break through the Philistine camp, while 1 Samuel 20:20 renders three arrows. It also marks quantities and measured time, as in 1 Kings 10:17 with three hundred shields and three minas for each shield, 1 Chronicles 13:14 with three months, and Genesis 38:24 with about three months later. In 1 Chronicles 21:12, the repeated form frames alternatives of three years, three months, and three days.

   1 Chronicles 11:181 Samuel 20:201 Kings 10:171 Chronicles 13:14Genesis 38:241 Chronicles 21:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the numerical specification with “three,” as in “three arrows,” “three months,” and “three hundred shields.” It also uses forms such as “the three” and “third” in some clauses; These renderings are treated only as confirmation of the verse-level count or numbering.