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Exodus 26:5

“Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · kham-ish-sheem'
H2572 · Hebrew

Definition: fifty
Derivation: multiple of H2568 (חָמֵשׁ);
KJV renderings: fifty.
Grammar: חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים — cardinal number, both genders, plural, absolute
Code HAcbpa
Usage: Occurs 163 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:15 Genesis 7:24 Genesis 8:3 Genesis 9:28 Genesis 9:29

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 חֲמִשִּׁים here.

Verse 4 Verse 6

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.