H2568. chamesh

or chamishshah חֲמִשָּׁה חָמֵשׁ,‎₃₄₂

noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חַמְשָׁא חֲמֵשׁ,‎, , ; Phoenician חמשת‎; Palmyrene חמשא‎, with masculine noun, Reckend^{ZMG 1888, 408}; Assyrian —amšu, —amiltu Dl^{§ 75}; Ethiopic Arabic , Sabean & Lihyânian חֿמס‎ DHM^{ZMG xxix, 613}; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — masculine (c. noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ‎ Genesis 5:6 94t. + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out ᵐ5‎^B Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in 40:25; 40:29; 40:33; 40:36) + 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ‎ Genesis 5:10 67t. + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (c.

noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה‎ see Lag^{BN 80} Genesis 18:28 139t. (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת‎ Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26 t.; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים‎ fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —

1 without other numeral:

a. חָמֵשׁ‎ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 35t.; before collective noun ׳ח צאֹן‎ 1 Samuel 25:18; see also ׳ח בָּאַמָּה‎ five in cubit (s) = five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (לְיוֺרָם חָמֵשׁ בִּשְׁנַת‎ = in the fifth year) + 6 t. Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).

b. חֲמִשָּׁה‎ before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 18t.; after noun Exodus 36:38 36t. Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 t.

c. חֲמֵשׁ‎ before noun (usually defined; except אֲלָפִים מֵאוֺת,‎, see 3, 4) Exodus 26:3, 9; 36:10, 16 + Ezekiel 42:16 ׳ח אַמּוֺת‎ Kt, but Qr ׳ח מאות‎, see below

d. חַמְּלָכִים חֲמֵשֶׁת‎ Joshua 10:5 5t.; ׳ח הָאֲנָשִׁים‎ Judges 18:7, 14, 17; ׳ח שׁקלים‎ Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, ׳ח ׳ח שְׁקָלִים‎ 3:47; ׳ח הַסְּרָנִים‎ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; ׳ח מ ׳בני‎ 2 Samuel 21:8.

e. = ordinal, ליורם חָמֵשׁ בִּשְׁנַת‎ 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; לַחֹדֶשׁ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה‎ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1-2, 8:1; 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)

2 ׳ח‎ combined with עשׂרה עשׂר,‎ ten = fifteen:

a. עֶשְׂרֵה חֲמֵשׁ‎ (c. noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; 7:20; Exodus 27:14-15, 38:14-15, 2 Kings 14:17, 23; 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.

b. עָשָׂר חֲמִשָּׁה‎ (c.

noun masculine), (1) after noun Esther 9:21; (2) before noun Exodus 16:1 ( = ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.

c. עָשָׂר חֲמֵשֶׁת‎ before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.

d. עָשָׂר חֲמֵשֶׁת‎, without noun = ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 4t. + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים‎ A Hi Co).

3 מֵאוֺת חֲמֵשׁ‎ = 500 Genesis 5:30, 32 49t. + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.

4 אֲלָפִים חֲמֵשֶׁת‎ = 5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; 2:69; — in 25, 000, 35, 000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה‎ (usually without ׳א‎) precedes the 20, 000, 30, 000, etc.

5 with other numerals:

a. חָמֵשׁ‎ before larger numeral: (1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 4t.; (2) noun with 2nd number only, 5:17 8t. + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt; (3) noun with בְּ‎ with 2nd number 40:21 2t.

b. חָמֵשׁ‎ after larger number: (1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7; (2) noun following ׳ח‎ (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 15:19.

c. no noun expressed, ׳ח‎ between other number, e.g. ח מאות ׳שֵׁשׁ ושׁבעים‎ Numbers 31:37.

d. חֲמִשָּׁה‎ before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 22t.

e. ׳ח‎ follows, and (1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 7t.; (2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.

f. ׳ח‎ precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.

g. ׳ח‎ follows, no noun expr Genesis 18:28 +.

h. no noun expressed ׳ח‎ between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.