noun masculine and feminine six; — masculine שֵׁשׁ (c. noun feminine) Genesis 31:41 120t.; feminine שִׁשָּׁה (with

noun masculine) Genesis 30:20 39t.; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Exodus 23:12 30t. (6 1016are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P):

1 no other number:

a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g. שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים Exodus 21:2 (E) + 11 t., שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת 1 Samuel 17:4 8t.; שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה 1 Kings 6:6; שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים Genesis 30:20 (E) + 2 t.; שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים Exodus 23:12 (E) + 14 t.; after noun (late) Exodus 28:2; Joshua 15:59,62 (all P), 1 Chronicles 4:27; 1 Chronicles 26:17; Nehemiah 5:18; rarely noun omitted Leviticus 24:6 (P) + (distributive 2 Samuel 21:20 = 1 Chronicles 20:6).

b. = ordinal ׳שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְק 2 Kings 18:10 (Ges^{§ 134o}).

2 16, c

noun feminine: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, before נָ֑פֶשׁ Genesis 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה 2 Kings 13:10 9t., בָּנוֺת2Chronicles 13:21; after עָרִים Joshua 15:41; Joshua 19:22 (P); with

noun masculine שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר, before אֲדָנִים Exodus 26:25; Exodus 36:30 (P), also אֶלֶף, 1000, Numbers 31:40 + (P); after בָּנִים 1 Chronicles 4:27, etc.; = ordinal 16th 1 Chronicles 24:14; 1 Chronicles 25:23 +, ׳ע ׳יוֺם שׁ2Chronicles 29:27.

3600= שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת, Genesis 7:6 (P) + 63 t.; 6000 = שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Numbers 3:34 (P) + 8 t.; אֶלֶף ׳שׁ Judges 20:15 2t.

4 c. tens, ׳שׁ following Genesis 46:26 13t., precedes Numbers 31:44 (P).

5 ׳שׁ as round number, ׳חָמֵשׁ אוֺשֿׁ 2 Kings 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16.

שׁדת (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שׁדשׁ, שֵׁשׁ).