third
she.li.shi marks third position in ordered lists, times, years, and divisions, including a third share.
The term most often marks an item’s place within an ordered sequence, especially in named lists and assignments. It also marks a third day, month, year, or repeated occasion, while noun forms denote a third portion or measured share; one occurrence is part of a proper name.
Senses in use
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Third place in an ordered list or assignment · dominant
The masculine singular ordinal form identifies a named person or allotted position after the first and second entries: in 1 Chronicles 23:19 the APB renders Jahaziel as "the third," and in 1 Chronicles 24:8 it renders an assigned lot as "The third." In 1 Chronicles 27:5, the same form occurs in the designation of the army ruler for the third month.
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Third point in time or repeated occasion · common
Ordinal forms mark a day, month, or year in a sequence. In Exodus 19:11 the APB renders the clause with "the third day," while 1 Kings 18:1 and 2 Kings 19:29 place events in "the third year." In 1 Samuel 3:8, the feminine singular form marks the LORD’s third call to Samuel.
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A third portion or measured share · occasional
Noun forms identify one of three portions in allocations and divisions. In 2 Chronicles 23:5, the APB describes separate groups stationed at the king’s house and gate; in Ezekiel 5:12, it presents three portions of the people assigned to pestilence, sword, and scattering. Ezekiel 46:14 uses a construct form in the specification of oil with an offering.
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Element within a proper name · rare
In Isaiah 15:5, the supplied form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the place-name rendered by the APB as "Eglath-shelishiyah the third." The verse does not isolate its contribution beyond that name.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly presents the ordinal use with phrases such as "the third day," "the third year," and "the third." For noun uses, it presents divisions as "one third" or "a third," but the translation does not itself align English words token by token.