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1 Chronicles 27:8

“The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy · kham-ee-shee'
H2549 · Hebrew

Definition: fifth; also a fifth
Derivation: or חֲמִשִּׁי; ordinal from H2568 (חָמֵשׁ);
KJV renderings: fifth (part).
Grammar: הַ — particle (definite article)
חַמִישִׁי֙ — ordinal number, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HTd/Aomsa
Usage: Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:23 Genesis 30:17 Genesis 47:24 Leviticus 5:16 Leviticus 5:24

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֲמִישִׁי here.

Verse 7 Verse 9

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.