Hebrew · H2568

חָמֵשׁ

Five

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חָמֵשׁ H2568

Pronunciation ḥāmēš

What does חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) mean in the Bible?

חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš): Cardinal number denoting five; foundational to Israel's cultic and legal measurement systems

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What does חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) mean in the Bible?

חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš): Cardinal number denoting five; foundational to Israel's cultic and legal measurement systems

How does the BSB render H2568?

The BSB source-word alignment has 344 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (88), five (82), and five (24), On the fifteenth (11), [was] five (8).

Where does חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (73), Ezekiel (61), Exodus (33), 2 Chronicles (30).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

. . . 88× Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17

five 82× Genesis 14:9, Genesis 18:28, Genesis 47:2, Exodus 22:1

and five 24× Genesis 45:22, Exodus 26:27, Exodus 36:32, Numbers 7:17

On the fifteenth 11× Exodus 16:1, Leviticus 23:6, Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:39

[was] five 8× 1 Kings 6:24, 2 Chronicles 3:11, Jeremiah 52:22, Ezekiel 41:9

[to be] five 5× Ezekiel 40:48, Ezekiel 42:16, Ezekiel 42:17, Ezekiel 42:18

fifteen 5× Exodus 27:14, Leviticus 27:7, 1 Kings 7:3, 2 Kings 20:6

5,000 {} 4× Judges 20:45, 1 Chronicles 29:7, 2 Chronicles 35:9, Ezra 2:69

500 4× Genesis 5:32, Genesis 11:11, Job 1:3

4,500 [cubits] 3× Ezekiel 48:16

on the fifth 3× Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 1:2, Ezekiel 8:1

the five 3× Numbers 31:8, Joshua 10:17, Judges 3:3

25,000 [cubits] 2× Ezekiel 45:1, Ezekiel 48:20

4,500 [cubits long] 2× Ezekiel 48:30, Ezekiel 48:33

500 shekels 2× Exodus 30:23, Exodus 30:24

and 25,000 [cubits] 2× Ezekiel 45:6, Ezekiel 48:10

and the other five 2× Exodus 26:3, Exodus 36:10

for fifteen 2× 2 Kings 14:17, 2 Chronicles 25:25

from the 25,000 [cubits] 2× Ezekiel 48:21

So the five 2× Joshua 10:5, Judges 18:7

the fifteenth 2× 1 Chronicles 24:14, 1 Chronicles 25:22

vvv 2× Ezekiel 40:21, Ezekiel 40:25

which will be 4,500 [cubits long] 2× Ezekiel 48:32, Ezekiel 48:34

- 1× 1 Kings 7:16

. . . 45,400 1× Numbers 26:50

. . . 45,600 1× Numbers 26:41

[also measured] five 1× 2 Chronicles 3:12

[An adjacent area] 25,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 45:5

[an area] 5,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 45:6

[belonging] to the five 1× 1 Samuel 6:18

[by] five 1× 1 Samuel 25:42

[each] five 1× 1 Kings 6:10

[measured] five 1× 2 Chronicles 3:12

[measuring] five 1× 2 Chronicles 3:15

[of the entrance were] fifteen 1× Exodus 38:14

[shall be] 25,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 48:9

[shall have an area] 25,000 1× Ezekiel 48:13

[were] five 1× Ezekiel 41:2

[will be] 25,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 48:13

1,365 1× Numbers 3:50

205 1× Genesis 11:32

25,000 cubits long 1× Ezekiel 48:10

35 1× Genesis 11:12

35,400 1× Numbers 2:23

45,650 1× Numbers 2:15

5,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 48:15

5,400 1× Ezra 1:11

500 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 45:2

595 1× Genesis 5:30

75,000 {} 1× Esther 9:16

815 1× Genesis 5:10

about five 1× Joshua 8:12

and [there were] five 1× Ezekiel 40:7

and 25,000 [cubits long] 1× Ezekiel 48:15

and 4,500 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 48:16

and 500 1× 2 Chronicles 35:9

and 500,000 1× 2 Chronicles 13:17

and fifteenth 1× Esther 9:21

and five others 1× 1 Chronicles 3:20

and his fifteen 1× 2 Samuel 19:17

And the five 1× Judges 18:17

and their five 1× Exodus 36:38

and there will be five 1× Genesis 45:6

And when the five 1× 1 Samuel 6:16

as well as five 1× 2 Kings 25:19

as well as the five 1× 2 Samuel 21:8

by 25,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 48:20

eighty-five 1× Joshua 14:10

every five 1× Numbers 31:28

fifteen cubits long 1× Exodus 27:15

five [in all] 1× 1 Chronicles 7:7

five [loaves of] 1× 1 Samuel 21:3

for fifteen [shekels] 1× Hosea 3:2

for five 1× Numbers 11:19

for the lack of five 1× Genesis 18:28

from five 1× Leviticus 27:5

had fifteen 1× 2 Samuel 9:10

had five 1× 1 Chronicles 2:4

In the fifteenth 1× 2 Kings 14:23

In the fifth 1× 2 Kings 8:16

It will be 25,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 48:8

Men twenty-five 1× Numbers 8:24

numbered 35,400 1× Numbers 1:37

numbered 45,650 1× Numbers 1:25

of 25,000 [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 45:3

of about fifteen 1× Judges 8:10

of fifteen 1× Genesis 7:20

of five 1× Isaiah 30:17

of the fifteenth 1× 2 Chronicles 15:10

on the fifth day 1× Ezekiel 33:21

or five 1× Isaiah 17:6

sold for five [shekels] 1× 2 Kings 6:25

that begins on the fifteenth 1× Ezekiel 45:25

that of the five 1× Joshua 13:3

the ground five 1× 2 Kings 13:19

Then the five 1× Judges 18:14

there were 500,000 1× 2 Samuel 24:9

there will be five 1× Genesis 45:11

was five 1× Genesis 43:34

was seventy-five 1× Genesis 12:4

were also fifteen 1× Exodus 38:15

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 5:6

Aligned rows 344

Books represented 21

Genesis 25 Exodus 33 Leviticus 8 Numbers 73 Joshua 10 Judges 9 1 Samuel 11 2 Samuel 5 1 Kings 19 2 Kings 14 1 Chronicles 11 2 Chronicles 30 Ezra 9 Nehemiah 8 Esther 5 Job 2 Isaiah 6 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 61 Daniel 1 Hosea 1

Source forms

וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ 19x wa·ḥă·mêš Genesis 5:30, Exodus 38:26, Numbers 1:21, Numbers 1:33

חָמֵ֥שׁ 17x ḥā·mêš Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:21, Genesis 11:12

חֲמִשָּׁה֙ 16x ḥă·miš·šāh Exodus 26:37, Exodus 36:38, Leviticus 26:8, Numbers 7:17

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ 15x wə·ḥā·mêš Exodus 26:3, Exodus 36:10, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Kings 7:23

חֲמֵ֥שׁ 14x ḥă·mêš Genesis 5:32, Genesis 11:11, Exodus 30:24, Exodus 36:16

חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה 13x ḥă·miš·šāh Genesis 18:28, Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:23, Numbers 7:29

חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה 12x ḥă·miš·šāh Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:23, Numbers 7:29, Numbers 7:35

חָמֵ֣שׁ 11x ḥā·mêš Genesis 5:11, Genesis 43:34, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 38:18

Parsing patterns

Number - masculine singular 91x Genesis 18:28, Genesis 47:2, Exodus 22:1, Exodus 26:26

Number - feminine singular 54x Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17

Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular 42x Genesis 25:7, Genesis 45:22, Exodus 26:3, Exodus 27:1

Number - feminine singular construct 41x Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:32, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 11:11

Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular 38x Genesis 18:28, Exodus 26:27, Exodus 36:32, Exodus 38:25

Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct 26x Genesis 5:30, Exodus 27:14, Exodus 38:26, Numbers 1:21

Number - masculine singular construct 22x Numbers 3:47, Numbers 18:16, Numbers 31:8, Joshua 10:5

Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular 17x Genesis 18:28, Exodus 16:1, Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:39

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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What does חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) mean in the Bible?

What does חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H2568?

Where does חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) appear in Scripture?

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