חָמֵשׁ

n.m. and f. five (NH id., id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, ܚܰܡܶܫ, ܚܰܡܶܫܬܳܐ; Ph. חמשת; Palm. חמשא, c. n. masc., ReckendorfZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ, ኀምስቱ Arabic خَمْسٌ, خَمْسَةٌ; Sab. & Liḥyân. חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73);—m. (c. n.f.) abs. חָמֵשׁ Gn 5:6 + 94 times + Ez 40:30 (del. 𝔊B Hi-Sm Co; Co del. also in v 25, 29, 33, 36) + Ez 45:3 Kt (where read f. with Qr); cstr. חֲמֵשׁ Gn 5:10 + 67 times + Ez 48:16 Kt; f. (c. n.m.) abs. חֲמִשָּׁה v. LagBN 80 Gn 18:28 + 139 times (incl. Ez 8:16 del. B Co al.); cstr. חֲמֵשֶׁת Nu 3:47(×2) + 26 times;—on pl. חֲמִשִּׂים fifty, see below;—five, in Hex chiefly P;— without other numeral: חָמֵשׁ, before fpl. noun Gn 43:34 + 35 times; before n. coll. ח׳ צאן 1 S 25:18; v. also ח׳ בָּאַמָּה five in cubit(s) = five cubits 1 K 7:23; 1 Ch 11:23; 2 Ch 4:2; after noun (late) 2 K 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֹרָם = in the fifth year) + 6 times Ch; no noun expr. 1 K 7:39(×2), 49(×2) 1 Ch 3:20; 2 Ch 4:7(×2). חֲמִשָּׁה before mpl. noun Gn 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Ex 36:38 + 36 times Nu (all P); no noun expr. Gn 14:9 (only here c. art.) + 20 times חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֹת, אֲלָפִים, v. 3, 4) Ex 26:3, 9; 36:10, 16 + Ez 42:16 ח׳ אַמּוֹת Kt, but Qr ח׳ מאות, v. infr. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Jos 10:5 + 5 times; \ Ju 18:7, 14, 17; ח׳ שׁקלים Nu 18:16; also, distrib., ח׳ ח׳ שְׁקָלִים 3:47; ח׳ הַסְּרָנִים Jos 13:3; Ju 3:3; 1 S 6:18; ח׳ בני מ׳ 2 S 21:8. = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 K 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ez 1:1, 2; 8:1; 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.) ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten = fifteen: חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (c. n.f.) Gn 5:10; 7:20; Ex 27:14, 15; 38:14, 15; 2 K 14:17, 23; 20:6; 2 Ch 15:10; 25:25; Is 38:5. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (c. n.m.), (1) after noun Est 9:21; (2) before noun Ex 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Lv 23:6 +) Ho 3:2 +. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before n. 2 S 19:18 +. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without n. = ordinal fifteenth 1 Ch 24:14 + 4 times + Ez 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co). חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת = 500 Gn 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ez 42:16 Qr חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים = 5000 Nu 31:32; Jos 8:12; Ju 20:45; 1 S 17:5; Ez 45:6; 48:15; 1 Ch 29:7; 2 Ch 35:9; Ezr 1:11; 2:69;—in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc. with other numerals: חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral: (1) noun repeated Gn 5:6 + 4 times; (2) noun with 2nd num. only, Gn 5:17 + 8 times + Ez 45:3 Kt; (3) noun c. בְּ with 2nd num. Ez 40:21 + 2 times חָמֵשׁ after larger num.: (1) noun repeated Gn 25:7; (2) noun foll. ח׳ (only) Ju 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both num., st. abs., 2 Ch 3:15; st. cstr. 2 Ch 15:19. no noun expr., ח׳ between other num., e.g. שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ ושׁבעים Nu 31:37. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger num., noun foll. larger num. Nu 1:25 + 22 times ח׳ follows, and (1) is foll. by noun Ju 20:35 + 7 times; (2) noun precedes both 1 K 7:3; Je 52:30. ח׳ precedes, no noun expr. 1 K 5:12. ח׳ follows, no noun expr. Gn 18:28 +. no noun expr. ח׳ between other num. Ex 38:28; Ezr 2:5.