1 Kings 18:13:161 Kgs.18.13.W16TAB
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
khamishim
“fifty”
- Transliteration
- kha-mi-SHIM
- Extended
- khah-mih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ħămiʃˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fifty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-mi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH
- clause
va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH me-A ISH kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH bam-me-a-RA va-a-khal-ke-LEM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
ha-LO-hug-GAD la-do-NI ET a-sher-a-SI-ti ba-ha-ROG i-ze-VEL ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH me-A ISH kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH bam-me-a-RA va-a-khal-ke-LEM LE-khem va-MA-yim
Exegesis
The distributive pair ḥamiššîm ḥamiššîm ʾish {חֲמִשִּׁ֨ים חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ | ḥă-mîš-šîm ḥă-mîš-šîm ʾîš} underscores equal partitioning.
In context — 1 Kings 18:13
Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD ? I hid one hundred of the LORD’s prophets , fifty in the cave, and I provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (khamishim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.13.W16.S1) and character.