חָמֵשׁ, 
חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun masculine and 
feminine five (Late Hebrew 
id.; id.; Aramaic 
חֲמֵשׁ, 
חַמְשָׁא, 
Wemfo, 
aXtwemfo; Phoenician 
חמשת; Palmyrene 
חמשא, with masculine noun, Reckend
ZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian 
ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl
§ 75; Ethiopic 
ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic 
خَمْسً, 
خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian 
חֿמס DHM
ZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — 
masculine (with 
noun feminine) absolute 
חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 + 
94 times + 
Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out 
 B
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 + 
67 times + 
Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; 
feminine (with 
noun masculine) absolute 
חֲמִשָּׁה see Lag
BN 80 Genesis 18:28 + 
139 times (including 
Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct 
חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 
26 times; — on plural 
חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — 
five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; — 
    1. without other numeral:
    b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun 
Genesis 47:2 + 
18 times; after noun 
Exodus 36:38 + 
36 times Numbers (all P); no noun expressed 
Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 
20 times.
 
    2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten=fifteen:
    b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (with noun masculine),
    5. with other numerals:
    a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral:
    b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number:
    (2) noun following 
ח׳ (only) 
Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration);
 
    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 + 
22 times
 
    e. ח׳ follows, and
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