Genesis 18:28:5Gen.18.28.W5TAB
חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה
khamisha
“five”
- Transliteration
- kha-mi-SHA
- Extended
- khah-mih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ħă.miˈʃaː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-mi-SHA
- clause
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR
- sentence
u-LAI yakh-se-RUN kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM kha-mi-SHA ha-tash-KHIT ba-kha-mi-SHA et-kol-ha-IR va-yo-MER LO ash-KHIT im-em-TSA SHAM ar-ba-IM va-kha-mi-SHA
Exegesis
The cluster khamishim hatsaddiqim khamishah {חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם חֲמִשָּׁה | ḥă-miš-šîm haṣ-ṣad-dî-qîm ḥă-miš-šāh} is a compact way of saying “fifty righteous, five lacking,” which the formal rendering expands slightly for clarity.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Mem–Shin
“five”
In context — Genesis 18:28
“Perhaps five will be lacking from the fifty righteous . Will You destroy all the city for five?” And He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:28, so the Hebrew word חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה (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 Gen.18.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.28.W5.S1) and character.