2 Chronicles 4:8:62 Chr.4.8.W6TAB
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה
khamisha
“five”
- Transliteration
- kha-MI-sha
- Extended
- hah-MIH-shaah
- IPA
- /ħăˈmiʃ.ʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- five
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-MI-sha
- phraseyour reading level
kha-MI-sha mi-ya-MIN
- clause
va-ya-AS shul-kha-NOT a-sa-RA va-yan-NAKH ba-he-KHAL kha-MI-sha mi-ya-MIN va-kha-MI-sha mis-se-MOL
- sentence
va-ya-AS shul-kha-NOT a-sa-RA va-yan-NAKH ba-he-KHAL kha-MI-sha mi-ya-MIN va-kha-MI-sha mis-se-MOL va-ya-AS miz-re-KE za-HAV me-A
Exegesis
Spatial specification uses the coordinated construct chamîšāh miyyāmîn {חֲמִשָּׁה מִיָּמִין | ḥămîšāh miyyāmîn} ‘five on the right’ and waḥămîšāh mismōl {וַחֲמִשָּׁה מִסְּמֹאול | waḥămîšāh mismōl} ‘and five on the left’, where “right” aligns with south and “left” with north in temple orientation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:8
And he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. He also made one hundred golden sprinkling bowls .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 4:8, so the Hebrew word חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (khamisha) 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.4.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.8.W6.S1) and character.