Shalisha — the meaning of the Hebrew name שָׁלִשָׁה
שָׁלִשָׁה
Shalisha means trebled land.
Built from
שָׁלַשׁ shâlash — to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years) open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
feminine from H8027; trebled land; Shalishah, a place in Palestine.
First appearance
1Sam 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
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