חָמֵשׁ S 2568 TWOT 686a GK 2822 , חֲמִשָּׁה 342 n.m. and f. five ( NH id. , id. ; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ , חַמְשָׁא , ܚܰܡܶܫ , ܚܰܡܶܫܬܳܐ ( ḥameš, ḥamešto ); Ph. חמשת ; Palm. חמשא , c. n. masc., Reckendorf ZMG 1888, 408 ; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl § 75; Ethiopic ˜˜˜, ˜˜˜˜ ( ḫams, ḫamməstu ) Arabic خَمْسٌ , خَمْسَةٌ
(
ḫamsun, ḫamsatun
);
Sab.
&
Liḥyân
.
חֿמם
DHM
ZMG xxix, 613;
Epigr. Denkm.
71, 73
)
;—
m.
(
c.
n.f.
)
abs.
חָמֵשׁ
Gn 5:6
+
94 times
+
Ez 40:30
(
del.
Ö
B H
i
-Sm C
o;
Co del.
also in
v
2
5,
29
,
33
,
36
)
+
Ez 45:3
Kt
(where read
f.
with
Qr
);
cstr.
חֲמֵשׁ
Gn 5:10
+
67 times
+
Ez 48:16
K
t;
f.
(
c.
n.m.
)
abs.
חֲמִשָּׁה
v. Lag
BN 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
;—
1.
without other numeral:
a.
חָמֵשׁ
, before fpl. noun
Gn 43:34
+
35 times; before
n. coll.
ח׳ צאן
1 S 25:1
8;
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 לְיֹורָם
=
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).
b.
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
c.
חֲמֵשׁ
before noun (usually defined; except
מֵאֹות
,
אֲלָפִים
,
v.
3
,
4
)
Ex 26:3
,
9
;
36:10
,
16
+
Ez 42:16
ח׳ אַמֹּות
K
t, but
Qr
ח׳ מאות
,
v. infr.
d.
חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים
Jos 10:5
+
5 times;
ח׳ הָאֲנָשִׁים
Ju 18:
7,
14
,
17
;
ח׳ שׁקלים
Nu 18:1
6; also, distrib.,
ח׳ ח׳ שְׁקָלִים
3:4
7;
ח׳ הַסְּרָנִים
Jos 13:3 Ju 3:3 1 S 6:1
8;
ח׳ בני מ׳
2 S 21:
8.
e.
=
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.)
2.
ח׳
combined with
עשׂר
,
עשׂרה
ten
=
fifteen:
a.
חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה
(
c.
n.f.
)
Gn 5:10
;
7:20 Ex 27:14
,
15
;
38:14
,
15 2 K 14:1
7,
23
;
20:6 2 Ch 15:1
0;
25:25 Is 38:
5.
b.
עָשָׂר חֲמִשָּׁה
(
c.
n.m.
), (1) after noun
Est 9:21
; (2) before noun
Ex 16:1
(
=
ordinal
fifteenth
, so
Lv 23:6
+
)
Ho 3:2
+.
c.
חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר
before
n.
2 S 19:18
+.
d.
חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר
, without
n. =
ordinal
fifteenth
1 Ch 24:14
+
4 times
+
Ez 45:12
(read
חֲמִשִּׁים
A Hi C
o).
3.
חֲמֵשׁ מֵאֹות
=
500
Gn 5:30
,
32
+
49 times
+
Ez 42:16
Qr
4.
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 1:1
1;
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
Gn 5:6
+
4
Dl Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyrian Grammer;
Epigr. Denkm.
D. H. Müller, Epigrophische Denkmäler, or Epigr. Denm. aus Arabien
, or
Epigr. Denkm. aus Arabien, or Epigr. Denkm. aus Abessinien
Sm
R. Smend (rarely = Samuel).
Hex Hexatuch.