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1 Kings 6:24

“And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָמֵשׁchâmêsh · khaw-maysh'
H2568 · Hebrew

Definition: five
Derivation: masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral;
KJV renderings: fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
חָמֵ֣שׁ — cardinal number, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Acfsa
Usage: Occurs 345 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:6 Genesis 5:10 Genesis 5:11 Genesis 5:15 Genesis 5:17

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 חָמֵשׁ here.

Verse 23 Verse 25

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.