חֲמִישִׁי
chămîyshîy · kham-ee-shee'
fifth; also a fifth
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֲמִשִּׁי; ordinal from H2568 (חָמֵשׁ);
fifth; also a fifth
- fifth
- also, a fifth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fifth (part).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲמִישִׁי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fifth15 · 33%
- in the fifth5 · 11%
- and in the fifth3 · 7%
- the fifth part2 · 4%
- a fifth2 · 4%
- on the fifth2 · 4%
- day of the fifth2 · 4%
- and the fifth2 · 4%
- and it came to pass in the fifth2 · 4%
- were the fifth1 · 2%
- thereto the fifth1 · 2%
- unto it the fifth1 · 2%
- and on the fifth1 · 2%
- were a fifth part1 · 2%
- for the fifth1 · 2%
- and it came to pass, that in the fifth1 · 2%
- now in the fifth1 · 2%
- which was the fifth1 · 2%
- of the fifth1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.