Lexical Definition

‎חֲמִשִּׁים‎ chămishshîym (kham-ish-sheem') fifty ^H:N
multiple of ‎חָמֵשׁ‎

fifty.

• fifty

1) fifty
1a) fifty (cardinal number)
1b) a multiple of fifty (with other numbers)
1c) fiftieth (ordinal number)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲמִשִּׁים‎₁₆₄ noun plural (a) fifty (Arabic Aramaic , Phoenician ‎חמשם‎; MI²⁸ ‎חמשן‎; Assyrian —amšâti Di in Lotz^{TP 80}) — ‎חֲמִשִּׁים‎ Gen 6:15 + 154 t. (including Ezek 40:25; Ezek 40:29; Ezek 40:33, strike out Co) + Ezek 45:12 (so read A Hi Co for ‎חמּשׁה‎); suffix ‎חֲמִשֶּׁיךָ‎ 2Kgs 1:10; 2Kgs 1:12, ‎חֲמִשָּׁיו‎ 2Kgs 1:9 + 4 t., ‎חֲמִשֵּׁיהֶם‎ 2Kgs 1:14 —

1. absolute
a. a fifty, a company of fifty Exod 18:21; Exod 18:25; Deut 1:15; 1Sam 8:12; 2Kgs 1:9 (twice in verse) + 13 t. 2Kgs 1 (in v2Kgs 1:14 = fifties), Isa 3:3.
b. elsewhere, without noun expressed, (1) without other numeral Num 31:30; Num 31:47; Ezek 27:18 (twice in verse); Hag 2:16 (2) with other number ‎׳‎‎ח‎ preceding Exod 30:23 (twice in verse) + 11 t.; + 1Chr 12:34* Baer, van d. H. v.1Chr 12:33* (followed by ‎אלף‎); (3) ‎׳‎‎ח‎ following Exod 38:26 + 10 t.; (4) ‎׳‎‎ח‎ between other number Num 1:23 + 23 t.

2. ‎חֲמִשִּׁים‎ without other number:
a. before noun Gen 6:15 + 58 t. + ‎בָּאַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Exod 38:12.
b. after noun 2Sam 24:24; Exod 26:11 + 4 t. Chronicles

3. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ before other numbers:
a. followed by noun Gen 7:24 +.
b. preceded by noun 1Chr 5:21.

4. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ after other number, and
a. this after noun 1Chr 8:40; Ezra 8:3; Ezra 8:26.
b. noun repeated e.g. Gen 9:28; Gen 9:29.

5. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ preceded by construct e.g. ‎שָׁנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת ח‎ 2Kgs 15:23; 2Kgs 15:27; Lev 15:10; Lev 15:11.

6. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ = ordinal, fiftieth Lev 25:10; Lev 25:11; 2Kgs 15:23, compare v2Kgs 15:27.

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