how to say “the day before yesterday” in Hebrew
שִׁלְשׁוֹם
Today, in Hebrew, is הַיּוֹם .
.Yesterday is אֶתְמוֹל .
.And two days ago? That’s שִׁלְשׁוֹם .
.For example:
דִּבַּרְתִּי אִתּוֹ שִׁלְשׁוֹם.
I spoke with him the day before yesterday.
The modern usage of שלשום as the day before yesterday derives from the Biblical-Hebrew expression כִּתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם – as of yore or as things used to be. Nobel Laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon entitles one of his novels with this phrase.
– as of yore or as things used to be. Nobel Laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon entitles one of his novels with this phrase.The word שלשום itself has שָׁלֹשׁ – three – as its root, since what occurred שלשום goes back three days if today is included in the count.
– three – as its root, since what occurred שלשום goes back three days if today is included in the count.