Numbers 7:17:8Num.7.17.W8TAB
חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה
khamisha
“five”
- Transliteration
- kha-mi-SHA
- Extended
- khah-mee-SHAA
- IPA
- /ħămiˈʃaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-tu-DIM kha-mi-SHA
- clause
u-le-ZE-vakh hash-le-MIM ba-KAR she-NA-yim ei-LIM kha-mi-SHA a-tu-DIM kha-mi-SHA ke-va-SIM be-NEI-sha-NA kha-mi-SHA
- sentence
u-le-ZE-vakh hash-le-MIM ba-KAR she-NA-yim ei-LIM kha-mi-SHA a-tu-DIM kha-mi-SHA ke-va-SIM be-NEI-sha-NA kha-mi-SHA ZE kar-VAN nakh-SHON ben-a-mi-na-DAV
Exegesis
Each animal category follows the format noun + numeral, as in bakar shnayim {בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם | bā-qār šnayim} ‘cattle, two’ and elim chamishah {אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה | ʾē-lim chamī-šāh} ‘rams, five’.
The sequence kevasim bnei-shanah chamishah {כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה | kə-vā-śim bənê šā-nāh chamī-šāh} ‘lambs of the first year, five’ utilizes a three-part chain with the numeral in final position.
Root and etymology
Rootm-sh-h
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 7:17
And for the sacrifice of the peace offerings : two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five year-old lambs ; this was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 7:17, 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 Num.7.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.17.W8.S1) and character.