שליש

שָׁלִישm. (b. h.; שָׁלַש) 1) captain, officer.Pl. שָׁלִישִׁים. Mekh. Bshall.s.1 (ref. to Ex. 14:7) אין ש׳ אלא גבורים shalishim means mighty men; ד״א וש׳ … שהיו משולליןוכ׳ another definition: shalishim … because they were hung with arms; (anoth. opin.) זה השלישיוכ׳ the shalish is the third on the chariot; formerly there were only two, and Pharaoh added one 2) the third finger, middle-finger. Tanḥ. Bresh. 5 ומן אצבעו … וכל בש׳וכ׳ and by his finger you can judge what he is (his strength), as we read (Is. 40:12) and measured with the shalish (middle finger) 3) (the third person,) trustee, depositary. Gitt.64a בעל … וש׳ אומר לגירושין if the husband says, the letter of divorce has been deposited to be kept in trust, but the trustee says, it has been given me for the purpose of divorce (I was the wifes agent for receiving the divorce). Ib.; Tosef.B. Mets. I, 10 זה אומר כך … והש׳ … הש׳ נאמן משניהם if one of the contestants says thus, and the other thus, and the depositary says thus, the depositarys evidence is accepted over against both. Keth.V, 8 המשרה … על ידי ש׳ if a husband for the time of his absence leaves the provision for his wifes maintenance in the hands of a trustee; a. fr.Num. R. s. 1338> שלישה, read: שְׁלוּחָהּ. 4) (traditional pronunciation שְׁלִיש) one third. Pes.42b תבואה שלא הביאה ש׳ grain that has not yet grown one-third (not one-third ripe); Y.Peah II, 16d sq. Y.Shebi.V, beg.35d חביא ש׳ קורםוכ׳ if the fruit reached the stage of one-third of maturity before the fifteenth of Shebat. Gitt.70a אכול ש׳ ושתה ש׳ והניח ש׳וכ׳ eat one-third (of the capacity of the stomach), and drink one-third, and leave vacant one-third , v. כָּעַס. Y.Peah II, end, 17b קיבלה הימנו למחצה לש׳וכ׳ if he rented the field on shares of one-half, or one-third B. Mets.69a מותר ש׳ בשכרך whatever profit it may bring over one-third (of its present value) shall be thine for thy labor (and the rest we will divide equally); a. fr.