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Strong's #2568 - חֲמִשָּׁה
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2176) smh (ההמסה HhMSh) AC: Grab CO: Fingers AB: ?: A grabbing of something with the fingers. Also the number five from the fingers of the hand.
V) smh (ההמסה HhMSh) - Fifth: To take a fifth. [A denominative verb] KJV (1): (vf: Piel) fifth - Strongs: H2567 (חָמַשׁ)
Nm/f) smh (ההמסה HhMSh) - Five: [Also meaning fifty when written in the plural form - mismh] KJV (505): five, fifth, fifty, fiftieth - Strongs: H2568 (חֲמִשָּׁה), H2572 (חֲמִשִּׁים)
dm ) sfmh (ההמוסה HhMWSh) - Armed: One prepared for battle in the sense of grabbing weapons. KJV (4): armed, harness - Strongs: H2571 (חָמֻשׁ)
gm) smfh (ההומסה HhWMSh) - Fifth: KJV (5): fifth - Strongs: H2569 (חֹמֶשׁ), H2570 (חֹמֶשׁ)
bfm) isimh (ההמיסהי HhMYShY) - Fifth: KJV (45): fifth - Strongs: H2549 (חֲמִשִּׁי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 Genesis 5:6 94t. + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out ᵐ5 B Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 67t. + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (c.
noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see Lag BN 80 Genesis 18:28 139t. (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26t.; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —
1 without other numeral:
a.חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 35t.; before collective noun צאֹן׳ח 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה׳ח five in cubit ( s) = five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם = in the fifth year) + 6t. Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).
b.חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 18t.; after noun Exodus 36:38 36t. Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20t.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3,4) Exodus 26:3,9; Exodus 36:10,16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת׳ח Kt, but Qr מאות׳ח, see below
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 5t.; הָאֲנָשִׁים׳ח Judges 18:7,14,17; שׁקלים׳ח Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים׳ח ׳ח Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים׳ח Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; ׳בני מ׳ח 2 Samuel 21:8.
e. = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1,2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
2׳ח combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten = fifteen:
a.חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (c. noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14,15; Exodus 38:14,15; 2 Kings 14:17,23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.
b. חֲמִשָּׁהעָשָׂר (c.
noun masculine), (1) after noun Esther 9:21; (2) before noun Exodus 16:1 ( = ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.
c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.
d.חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun = ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 4t. + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).
3חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת = 500 Genesis 5:30,32 49t. + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.
4 חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים = 5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 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 Genesis 5:6 4t.; (2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 8t. + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt; (3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 2t.
b.חָמֵשׁ after larger number: (1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7; (2) noun following ׳ח (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both Numbers , stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.
c. no noun expressed, ׳ח between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים׳שֵׁשׁ מאות ח Numbers 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 22t.
e.׳ח follows, and (1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 7t.; (2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.
f. ׳ח precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.
g.׳ח follows, no noun expr Genesis 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed ׳ח between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.