The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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חַמֵשׁ‏ num. five

five Com. GenApoc 12.11 : ובנן נקבן חמש‏ and five female daughters.

masc. form in construct or determined : group(s) of five JLAtg, PTA, Syr, BabMBK. TgJ Jos10:5var. : חמשת מַלכֵי אְמוֹרָאָה‏ the five Amorite kings. FTP Gen28:10 : אילין חמשתי ניסיא איתעבידו לאבונן יעקב‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 472a; DJBA: 472a; Jastrow: 480; Levy Ch-W: 1:268; Tal Sam: 282; DNWSI: 385; DJA: 49b; Cook,Qumran: 87;

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Derivatives:

ḥwmš, ḥwmšˀ (ḥŭmeš, ḥumšā) num. fifth

ḥmyšh, ḥmyštˀ n.f. group of five

ḥmyšy (ḥmīšāy) adj. fifth

ḥmš ˁsr (ḥamšaˁsar) num. fifteen

ḥmysyry adj. fifteenth

ḥmšˀ bšbh n.m. Thursday

ḥmšyn (ḥamšīn) num. fifty

ḥmšmˀh, ḥmš mˀh num. five hundred