חמישה

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḫamišatum.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χa.miˈʃaː/ → /ħa.miˈʃaː/
• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /e.miʃ.ʃa/, [ʔeːˈmiʃ.ʃæˑ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħă.miʃˈʃɔː/, [ħa.miʃˈʃɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħə.miʃˈʃɔː/, [ħæ.miʃˈʃɔː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hæ.miʃˈʃɒ/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħa.miʃˈʃa/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħa.miʃˈʃa/ (East), /χa.miˈʃa/ (West)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χa.miˈʃɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χa.miˈʃa/

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חֲמִישָּׁה • (khamishá) m (defective spelling חֲמִשָּׁה, construct חֲמֵשֶׁת (khaméshet), feminine חָמֵשׁ (khamésh))

1. five

• In Modern Hebrew, when the numbers three through ten modify a definite masculine noun and are directly preceding it, the construct form is used:

  חֲמִשָּׁה סְפָרִים ― khamishá s'farím ― five books

  חֲמֵשֶׁת הַסְּפָרִים ― khaméshet has'farím ― the five books

• The construct form is not used for higher numbers ending in five, such as twenty-five:

  עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה הַסְּפָרִים ― esrím vakhamishá has'farím ― the twenty-five books

• In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the form חָמֵשׁ (khamésh) is often used regardless of gender.

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