חָמֵשׁ

masculine (c. noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ 1 Mos 5,6 + 94 t. + Ezk 40,30 (strike out ᵐ5B Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in vEzk 40,25 vEzk 40,29 vEzk 40,33 vEzk 40,36) + Ezk 45,3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ 1 Mos 5,10 + 67 t. + Ezk 48,16 Kt; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see Lag^{BN 80} 1 Mos 18,28 + 139 t. (including Ezk 8,16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת 4 Mos 3,47 (twice in verse) + 26 t.; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —

1. without other numeral:
\ \ a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun 1 Mos 43,34 + 35 t.; before collective noun צאֹן ׳ח 1 Sam 25,18 see also בָּאַמָּה ׳ח five in cubit
\ \ \ (s) = five cubits 1 Kong 7,23; 1 Kron 11,23; 2 Kron 4,2 after noun (late) 2 Kong 8,16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם = in the fifth year) + 6 t. Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kong 7,39 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 7,49 (twice in verse); 1 Kron 3,20; 2 Kron 4,7 (twice in verse).
\ \ b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun 1 Mos 47,2 + 18 t.; after noun 2 Mos 36,38 + 36 t. Numbers (all P); no noun expressed 1 Mos 14,9 (only here with article) + 20 t.
\ \ c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3, 4) 2 Mos 26,3; 2 Mos 26,9; 2 Mos 36,10; 2 Mos 36,16 + Ezk 42,16 אַמּוֺת ׳ח Kt, but Qr מאות ׳ח, see below
\ \ d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Jos 10,5 + 5 t.; הָאֲנָשִׁים ׳ח Dom 18,7; Dom 18,14; Dom 18,17 שׁקלים ׳ח 4 Mos 18,16 also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים ׳ח ׳ח 4 Mos 3,47 הַסְּרָנִים ׳ח Jos 13,3; Dom 3,3; 1 Sam 6,18 ׳בני מ ׳ח 2 Sam 21,8.
\ \ e. = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kong 8,16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezk 1,1; Ezk 1,2; Ezk 8,1; Ezk 33,21 (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)

2. ׳ח combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten = fifteen:
\ \ a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (c. noun feminine) 1 Mos 5,10; 1 Mos 7,20; 2 Mos 27,14; 2 Mos 27,15; 2 Mos 38,14; 2 Mos 38,15; 2 Kong 14,17; 2 Kong 14,23; 2 Kong 20,6; 2 Kron 15,10; 2 Kron 25,25; Es 38,5.
\ \ b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (c. noun masculine), (1) after noun Est 9,21 (2) before noun 2 Mos 16,1 ( = ordinal fifteenth, so 3 Mos 23,6 +) Hos 3,2 +.
\ \ c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Sam 19,18 +.
\ \ d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun = ordinal fifteenth 1 Kron 24,14 + 4 t. + Ezk 45,12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).

3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת = 500 1 Mos 5,30; 1 Mos 5,32 + 49 t. + Ezk 42,16 Qr.

4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים = 5000 4 Mos 31,32; Jos 8,12; Dom 20,45; 1 Sam 17,5; Ezk 45,6; Ezk 48,15; 1 Kron 29,7; 2 Kron 35,9; Ezr 1,11; Ezr 2,69 — in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without ׳א) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc.

5. with other numerals:
\ \ a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral: (1) noun repeated 1 Mos 5,6 + 4 t.; (2) noun with 2nd number only, 1 Mos 5,17 + 8 t. + Ezk 45,3 Kt; (3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezk 40,21 + 2 t.
\ \ b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number: (1) noun repeated 1 Mos 25,7 (2) noun following ׳ח (only) Dom 14,10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Kron 3,15 stative construct 2 Kron 15,19.
\ \ c. no noun expressed, ׳ח between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים ׳שֵׁשׁ מאות ח 4 Mos 31,37.
\ \ d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number 4 Mos 1,25 + 22 t.
\ \ e. ׳ח follows, and (1) is followed by noun Dom 20,35 + 7 t.; (2) noun precedes both 1 Kong 7,3; Jer 52,30. feminine ׳ח precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kong 5,12.
\ \ g. ׳ח follows, no noun expr 1 Mos 18,28 +.
\ \ h. no noun expressed ׳ח between other number 2 Mos 38,28; Ezr 2,5.