sha.lash marks something as threefold or arranged in threes, including a division into three and a third repetition.

The attested forms most often describe things marked by three: animals specified in Genesis 15:9, a three-stranded cord in Ecclesiastes 4:12, and a threefold architectural arrangement in Ezekiel 42:6. Active forms also occur for dividing territory into three in Deuteronomy 19:3 and within a sequence reaching a third action or day in 1 Kings 18:34 and 1 Samuel 20:19.

1. Marked by three or threefold · dominant

   Passive participles qualify the animals named in Genesis 15:9; the APB renders the list with “a three-year-old heifer,” “a three-year-old goat,” and “a three-year-old ram.” In Ecclesiastes 4:12 the form occurs in the clause about “a cord of three strands,” while Ezekiel 42:6 describes the structures as “threefold.”

   Genesis 15:9Ecclesiastes 4:12Ezekiel 42:6
2. A third repetition or point in a sequence · common

   In 1 Kings 18:34, two Piel imperatives occur within instructions repeated through “a third time”; the APB presents the successive water-pouring actions as reaching that third repetition. In 1 Samuel 20:19, a Piel sequential perfect occurs in the instruction whose setting is “the third day.”

   1 Kings 18:341 Samuel 20:19
3. Dividing into three parts · occasional

   In Deuteronomy 19:3, the Piel sequential perfect stands in the instruction to divide the inherited land's border into three so that a killer may flee there; the APB renders the clause “divide into three the border of your land.”

   Deuteronomy 19:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the passive participles with expressions such as “three-year-old,” “three strands,” and “threefold,” while active contexts are rendered “divide into three” or placed in a sequence ending “a third time.” These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for each form.