Lexical Definition

‎חָמֵשׁ‎ châmêsh (khaw-maysh') five ^H:N
masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh (kham-ish-shaw); a primitive numeral

fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).

• five

1) five
1a) five (cardinal number)
1b) a multiple of five (with another number)
1c) fifth (ordinal number)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָמֵשׁ‎, ‎חֲמִשָּׁה‎₃₄₂ noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic ‎חֲמֵשׁ‎, ‎חַמְשָׁא‎, , ; 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 Gen 5:6 + 94 t. + Ezek 40:30 (strike out ᵐ5^B Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in vEzek 40:25 vEzek 40:29 vEzek 40:33 vEzek 40:36) + Ezek 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct ‎חֲמֵשׁ‎ Gen 5:10 + 67 t. + Ezek 48:16 Kt; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute ‎חֲמִשָּׁה‎ see Lag^{BN 80} Gen 18:28 + 139 t. (including Ezek 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct ‎חֲמֵשֶׁת‎ Num 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 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.)

2. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ combined with ‎עשׂר‎, ‎עשׂרה‎ ten = fifteen:
a. ‎חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה‎ (c. noun feminine) Gen 5:10; Gen 7:20; Exod 27:14; Exod 27:15; Exod 38:14; Exod 38:15; 2Kgs 14:17; 2Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 20:6; 2Chr 15:10; 2Chr 25:25; Isa 38:5.
b. ‎חֲמִשָּׁה‎ ‎עָשָׂר‎ (c. noun masculine), (1) after noun Esth 9:21 (2) before noun Exod 16:1 ( = ordinal fifteenth, so Lev 23:6 +) Hos 3:2 +.
c. ‎חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר‎ before noun 2Sam 19:18* +.
d. ‎חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר‎, without noun = ordinal fifteenth 1Chr 24:14 + 4 t. + Ezek 45:12 (read ‎חֲמִשִּׁים‎ A Hi Co).

3. ‎חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת‎ = 500 Gen 5:30; Gen 5:32 + 49 t. + Ezek 42:16 Qr.

4. ‎חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים‎ = 5000 Num 31:32; Josh 8:12; Judg 20:45; 1Sam 17:5; Ezek 45:6; Ezek 48:15; 1Chr 29:7; 2Chr 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 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 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.

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