No. 614 in Hebrew
שלשום
The day before yesterday.
In a sentence
הייתי בירושלים שלשום.
I was in Jerusalem the day before yesterday.
In this sentence, 'שלשום' indicates an event that occurred two days before the current day, meaning the day before yesterday.
חברים שלי סיפרו לי שלשום על התוכנית החדשה.
My friends told me the day before yesterday about the new plan.
Here, 'שלשום' places the timing of the conversation with my friends as specifically two days ago.
שלשום ירד גשם לזמן קצר מאוד.
It rained for a very short time the day before yesterday.
This use of 'שלשום' specifies the time of the short rainfall as being two days ago.
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