חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת

   cha-ME-shet

   five
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים

   cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM

   five rulers of the Philistines
3. clause🔊 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הָעַזָּתִ֤י וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙ הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִ֣י הַגִּתִּ֔י וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י וְהָעַוִּֽים׃

   cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM

   five rulers of the Philistines of Gaza and of Ashdod of Ashkelon of Gath and of Ekron and the Avvim
4. sentence🔊 מִֽן־הַשִּׁיח֞וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י מִצְרַ֗יִם וְעַ֨ד גְּב֤וּל עֶקְרוֹן֙ צָפ֔וֹנָה לַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י תֵּחָשֵׁ֑ב חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הָעַזָּתִ֤י וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙ הָאֶשְׁקְלוֹנִ֣י הַגִּתִּ֔י וְהָעֶקְרוֹנִ֖י וְהָעַוִּֽים׃

   min-ha-shi-KHOR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim ve-AD ge-VUL ek-RON tsa-fo-NAH la-ke-na-a-NI te-cha-SHEV cha-ME-shet sar-NEI pe-lish-TIM ha-a-za-TI ve-ha-ash-do-DI ha-esh-klo-NI ha-gi-TI ve-ha-ek-ro-NI ve-ha-a-VIM

   from the Shihor which on the face of Egypt and up to the border of Ekron northward it is counted as Canaanite it is considered five rulers of the Philistines of Gaza and of Ashdod of Ashkelon of Gath and of Ekron and the Avvim

Exegesis

The enumeration chameshet sarnei pelishtim {חֲמֵשֶׁת סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים | ḥă-mē-šet sar-nê pə-liš-tim} ‘five lords of the Philistines’ uses construct-state plus ethnonym, followed by appositional gentilic adjectives (ha-azati, ha-ashdodi, etc.) naming each ruler.