1 Kings 18:4:121 Kgs.18.4.W12TAB
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 ISH
- clause
va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hakh-RIT i-ZE-vel ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-yik-KAKH o-vad-ya-HU me-A ne-vi-IM va-yakh-bi-EM kha-mi-SHIM ISH ba-me-a-RA ve-khil-ke-LAM LE-khem va-MA-yim
Exegesis
The distributive numeral chamishim ish {חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ | ḥa-mish-shîm ʾîš} ‘fifty men’ paired with bamearah {בַּמְּעָרָה | ba-me-ʿā-rāh} ‘in the cave’ highlights the sheltering of a group.
In context — 1 Kings 18:4
And it came about when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the LORD that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid fifty in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 18:4, 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.18.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.4.W12.S1) and character.