Lexical Definition

‎חֲמִישִׁי‎ chămîyshîy (kham-ee-shee') fifth ^H:A
or חֲמִשִּׁי chămishshîy (kham-ish-shee'); ordinal from ‎חָמֵשׁ‎

fifth (part).

• fifth
• also a fifth

1) ordinal number, 5th

See Greek: μέρος · πέμπτος · πέμπτος · πεντηκοστή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲמִישִׁי‎ masculine, ‎חֲמִישִׁית‎ feminine adjective ordinal number fifth; —

masculine ‎חֲמִישִׁי‎ Gen 1:23 + 22 t.; ‎חֲמִשִׁי‎ Zech 7:3 + 3 t.; feminine ‎חֲמִישִׁית‎ absolute 1Kgs 14:25 + 4 t.; ‎חֲמִשִׁית‎ Lev 19:25; Jer 36:9 ‎חֲמִשּׁית‎ 1Kgs 6:31 construct ‎חֲמִישִׁית‎ Lev 27:15; Lev 27:19 suffix ‎חֲמִישִׁתוֺ‎ Lev 5:16 + 2 t.; ‎חֲמִשִׁיתוֺ‎ Lev 22:14; Lev 27:31 ‎חֲמִשִׁתוֺ‎ Lev 27:27, compare ‎חֲמִשִׁתָיו‎ Lev 5:24*, read ‎תוֺ‎- Samaritan Di (q. v.); — fifth, usually in enumerated days, months, years, sons, etc.; definite, except masculine Gen 1:23; Gen 30:17, feminine Gen 47:24; 1Kgs 6:31; Neh 6:5 —

1. masculine Gen 1:23; Num 7:36; Num 29:26; Num 33:38; Josh 19:24 (all P), Gen 30:17 (E), Judg 19:8; 2Kgs 25:8; Jer 1:3; Jer 28:1; Jer 52:12; Zech 7:3; 1Chr 27:8; Ezra 7:8; Ezra 7:9 noun omitted 2Sam 3:4; 1Chr 2:14; 1Chr 3:3; 1Chr 8:2; 1Chr 26:3; 1Chr 26:4 (all of ‎בֵּן‎), 1Chr 24:9; 1Chr 25:12 (‎גּוֺרָל‎), Zech 8:19 (‎חֹדֶשׁ‎), 1Chr 27:8 (‎יוֺם‎).

2. feminine Lev 19:25; 1Kgs 14:25; Jer 36:9; Ezek 1:2; 2Chr 12:2 ‎׳‎‎פַּעַם ח‎ Neh 6:5.

3. ‎חֲמִשִּׁית‎ 1Kgs 6:31 as substantive a fifth part, so ‎חֲמִישִׁית‎ Gen 47:24; Lev 5:6; Lev 5:24*; Lev 22:14; Lev 27:13; Lev 27:27; Lev 27:31; Num 5:7 construct ‎חמישׁית כֶּסֶף‎ Lev 27:15; Lev 27:19.

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