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Exodus 23:12

“Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שֵׁשׁshêsh · shaysh
H8337 · Hebrew
Definition
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
Derivation
masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare H7797 (שׂוּשׂ)
KJV renderings
six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
Grammar
  • שֵׁ֤שֶׁת — cardinal number, masculine, singular, construct
Code HAcmsc
Usage
Occurs 215 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:6Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:13Genesis 16:16Genesis 30:20

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 שֵׁשׁ here.

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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.