H8532 H8532
Three (Aramaic) — the cardinal numeral 'three,' used exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra
The Aramaic numeral תְּלָת / תְּלָתָא (telat/telata) is the cardinal number 'three,' appearing eleven times in the Aramaic sections of Daniel and Ezra. It functions identically to Hebrew שָׁלֹשׁ but belongs to the Imperial Aramaic register of these books. Its occurrences include the three rows of stone in Cyrus's temple decree (Ezra 6:4), the three companions cast into the fiery furnace (Dan 3:23-24), Daniel's three-week fast (Dan 10:2-3), and the three ribs in the bear's mouth (Dan 7:5). Spanish 'tres,' Arabic 'ثَلاَثَة,' Hindi 'तीन,' Korean '셋,' Swahili 'tatu' -- all uniformly render the simple numeral.
Senses
1. three (Aramaic numeral) — The Aramaic cardinal numeral 'three,' covering both masculine and feminine forms and pronominal constructions ('the three of them'). Key occurrences include the building specifications of the rebuilt Temple (Ezra 6:4), the three young men in Nebuchadnezzar's furnace (Dan 3:23-24), Daniel's three weeks of mourning (Dan 10:2-3), the three ribs in the beast's mouth (Dan 7:5), and the three presidents over the satraps (Dan 6:3). Grammatical inflections (cardinal, construct with suffix) do not alter the unitary semantic value. 11×
AR["الثَّلاَثَةُ", "ثَلاثَة", "ثَلاَثًا", "ثَلاَثَةً", "ثَلاَثَةٌ", "ثَلَاثَةٌ", "وَ-ثَلَاثَةٌ", "وَ-ثَلَاثَةَ", "وَ-ثَلَاثَةُ"]·ben["এবং-তিন", "তিন", "তিনজন", "তিনজনেই", "তৃতীয়"]·DE["[תלתא]", "[תלתה]", "drei", "und-drei"]·EN["and-three", "three", "three-of-them"]·FR["[תלתא]", "[תלתה]", "et-trois", "trois"]·heb["ו-שלוש", "ו-שלושה", "שלוש", "שלושה", "שלושתם", "תלתא", "תלתה"]·HI["और-तीन", "तारीख-को", "तीन", "तीनों"]·ID["dan-tiga", "ketiga", "ketiganya", "tiga"]·IT["[תלתא]", "[תלתה]", "e-tre", "tre"]·jav["kaping-tiga", "lan-tigang", "tetiganipun", "tiga", "tigang"]·KO["그리고-셋의", "그리고-셋이", "셋", "셋을", "셋이", "셋째"]·PT["e-três", "três", "três-deles"]·RU["и-три", "и-трёх", "третьего", "три", "трое", "трое-их", "троих"]·ES["los-tres", "tres", "y-tres"]·SW["na-mbavu", "na-tatu", "na-wafalme", "tatu", "watatu", "ya-tatu"]·TR["uc", "ucuncu", "ve-üç", "üç", "üçü"]·urd["اور-تین", "تین", "تینوں"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תְּלָת n.m., תְּלָתָה f., >three (𝔗 Syriac; BH שָׁלֹשׁ, שִׁלשָׁה);—m. תְּלָת bef. n.f. pl. Dn 7:5; n.f. om. v 8, 20; f. תְּלָתָה bef. n.m. pl. 7:24; after, 3:24; 6:3, 11, 14, so א—ָ Ezr 6:4; יוֹם תְּלָתָה 6:15 third day; sf. תְּלָתֵּהוֹן (K§ 65. Aum. 1) Dn 3:23 the three of them.