Hebrew word
shâlîysh
shaw-leesh'
שָׁלִישׁ
What it means
a triple, i.e. a triangle
a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
Where it comes from
or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from shâlôwsh (שָׁלוֹשׁ)