Genesis 18:26:5Gen.18.26.W5TAB
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
khamishim
“fifty”
- Transliteration
- kha-mi-SHIM
- Extended
- khah-mih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ħă.mi.ˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fifty
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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 tsa-di-KIM
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH im-em-TSA vis-DOM kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ve-na-SA-ti le-khol-ha-ma-KOM ba-a-vu-RAM
Exegesis
The quantified noun phrase khamishim tsaddikim {חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם | ḥă-miš-šîm ṣad-dî-qîm} functions as the object of that search.
In context — Genesis 18:26
And the LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, within the city itself, then I will spare the entire place for their sake.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:26, 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 Gen.18.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.26.W5.S1) and character.