שִׁלְשֹׁם
šilšōm
three days ago
Strong's H8032NounHebrewTWOT 2403cTime

שִׁלְשֹׁם (šilšōm) is a Hebrew noun meaning three days ago. It appears 25 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8032).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2403c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2403c)three days ago, day before yesterday; trebly; before, beforetime, excellent things, heretofore, three days, time past
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁלְשֹׁם adverb: three days ago, day before yesterday

and (less often) שִׁלְשׁוֹם 25 adverb = three days ago, specifically day before yesterday

Strong's H8032 שִׁלְשׁוֹם: trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
KJV:before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), heretofore, three days, time past.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2403: שָׁלַשׁ šālaš — do a third time, divide into three parts; three years old; be, make, triplicate; do the third time, three, threefold

See it in Scripture

Exodus 4:10Deuteronomy 4:42Joshua 3:4

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