2 Chronicles 4:7:82 Chr.4.7.W8TAB
חָמֵ֥שׁ
khamesh
“five”
- Transliteration
- kha-MESH
- Extended
- khaa-MEHSH
- IPA
- /ħaːˈmeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- five
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-MESH
- phraseyour reading level
kha-MESH mi-ya-MIN
- clause
va-yit-TEN ba-he-KHAL kha-MESH mi-ya-MIN ve-kha-MESH mis-se-MOL
- sentence
va-ya-AS et-me-no-ROT ha-za-HAV E-ser ke-mish-pa-TAM va-yit-TEN ba-he-KHAL kha-MESH mi-ya-MIN ve-kha-MESH mis-se-MOL
Exegesis
The distributive numerals chamesh mimayin {חָמֵשׁ מִימִין | ḥā-mēš mi-mi-yin} ‘five on the right’ paired with vechamesh mismol {וְחָמֵשׁ מִשְׂמֹאָֽל | wə-ḥā-mēš mis-mō-ʼāl} ‘and five on the left’ create a symmetrical liturgical pattern characteristic of temple furnishings.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:7
And he made ten gold lampstands according to their ordinance and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 4:7, so the Hebrew word חָמֵ֥שׁ (khamesh) 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 2 Chr.4.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.7.W8.S1) and character.