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1 Samuel 6:16
“And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָמֵשׁchâmêsh · khaw-maysh'
H2568 · Hebrew
H2568 · Hebrew
- Definition
- five
- Derivation
- masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral;
- KJV renderings
- fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה — cardinal number, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 345 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:6Genesis 5:10Genesis 5:11Genesis 5:15Genesis 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.
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.