Thalath is the word in Arabic for three, similarly Shalosh in Hebrew, because the Qahtani of Arabia are descended from Joktan a son of Heber, so the babylonian sea goddess Thalath was of different origin, japhetic not semitic, demonstrated in the greek word thalassic spoken by such as Elisha (Hellenes) and Javan (Ionians) listed in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10).
