חמש

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħăˈmeːʃ/
• (Ashkenazi) IPA^(key): /χaˈmejʃ/

Numeral

חֲמֵשׁ • (ḥămēš) f

1. feminine of חַמְשָׁא (ḥamšā, “five”)
   • Tanach, Exodus 27:1:

     וְתַעְבֵּד יָת מַדְבְּחָא דְּאָעֵי שִׁטִּין חֲמֵשׁ אַמִּין אֻרְכָּא וַחֲמֵשׁ אַמִּין פּוּתְיָא מְרַבַּע יְהֵי מַדְבְּחָא וּתְלַת אַמִּין רוּמֵיהּ:

     wəṯaʿbēḏ yāṯ maḏbəḥā dəʾāʿē šiṭṭīn ḥămēš ʾammīn ʾurkā waḥămēš ʾammīn pūṯyā mərabaʿ yəhē maḏbəḥā ūṯlaṯ ʾammīn rūmēh

     You shall make the altar out of acacia wood. It shall be five amohs long, and five amohs wide. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three amohs.

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܚܡܫ (ḥammiš)

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־מ־שׁ (kh-m-sh)
7 terms

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈmiʃ/
• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕam.meʃ/, [ˈʕæm.məʃ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔːˈmeːʃ/, [ħɔˑˈmeː.eʃ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈmeʃ/, [ħɔ(ː)ˈmeːʃ]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hɒˈmeʃ/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈmeʃ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈmeʃ/ (East), /χaˈmeʃ/ (West)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χɔˈmejʃ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈmeʃ/

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Numeral

חָמֵשׁ • (khamésh) f (construct חֲמֵש (khamésh), masculine חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá))

1. feminine of חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”)

Derived terms

• חֲמִישִׁי (khamishí, “fifth”)

Noun

חֻמָּשׁ • (khumásh) m

1. defective spelling of חומש