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חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה342 noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, , ; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, ReckendZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian —amšu, —amiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic Arabic , Sabean & Lihyânian חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — 1. without other numeral:
a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun
Gen 43:34 + 35 t.; before collective noun
צאֹן ׳ח 1Sam 25:18 see also
בָּאַמָּה ׳ח five in cubit (
s) = five cubits
1Kgs 7:23;
1Chr 11:23;
2Chr 4:2 after noun (late)
2Kgs 8:16 (
בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם =
in the fifth year) + 6 t. Chronicles; no noun expressed
1Kgs 7:39 (twice in verse);
1Kgs 7:49 (twice in verse);
1Chr 3:20;
2Chr 4:7 (twice in verse).
b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun
Gen 47:2 + 18 t.; after noun
Exod 36:38 + 36 t. Numbers (all
P); no noun expressed
Gen 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 t.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except
מֵאוֺת,
אֲלָפִים, see
3, 4)
Exod 26:3;
Exod 26:9;
Exod 36:10;
Exod 36:16 +
Ezek 42:16 אַמּוֺת ׳ח Kt, but
Qr מאות ׳ח, see below
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Josh 10:5 + 5 t.;
הָאֲנָשִׁים ׳ח Judg 18:7;
Judg 18:14;
Judg 18:17 שׁקלים ׳ח Num 18:16 also, distributive,
שְׁקָלִים ׳ח ׳ח Num 3:47 הַסְּרָנִים ׳ח Josh 13:3;
Judg 3:3;
1Sam 6:18 ׳בני מ ׳ח 2Sam 21:8.
e. = ordinal,
בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2Kgs 8:16 the fifth (year)
of Joram;
בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day)
of the month Ezek 1:1;
Ezek 1:2;
Ezek 8:1;
Ezek 33:21 (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
5. with other numerals:
a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral: (1) noun repeated
Gen 5:6 + 4 t.; (2) noun with 2nd number only,
Gen 5:17 + 8 t. +
Ezek 45:3 Kt; (3) noun with
בְּ with 2nd number
Ezek 40:21 + 2 t.
b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number: (1) noun repeated
Gen 25:7 (2) noun following
׳ח (only)
Judg 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute,
2Chr 3:15 stative construct
2Chr 15:19.
c. no noun expressed,
׳ח between other number, e.g.
ושׁבעים ׳שֵׁשׁ מאות ח Num 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number
Num 1:25 + 22 t.
e. ׳ח follows, and (1) is followed by noun
Judg 20:35 + 7 t.; (2) noun precedes both
1Kgs 7:3;
Jer 52:30.
feminine ׳ח precedes, no noun expressed
1Kgs 5:12.
g. ׳ח follows, no noun expr
Gen 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed
׳ח between other number
Exod 38:28;
Ezra 2:5.