שישה

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šidṯatum.

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃˈʃaː/
• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃ.ʃa/, [ˈʃiʃ.ʃæˑ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃˈʃɔː/, [ʃiʃˈʃɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃˈʃɔ/, [ʃiʃˈʃɔː]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃˈʃɒ/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃˈʃa/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃi(ʃ)ˈʃa/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈʃɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈʃa/

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שִׁישָּׁה • (shishá) m (defective spelling שִׁשָּׁה, construct שֵׁשֶׁת (shéshet), feminine שֵׁשׁ (shésh))

1. six

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

  שִׁשָּׁה סְפָרִים ― shishá s'farím ― six books

  שֵׁשֶׁת הַסְּפָרִים ― shéshet has'farím ― the six books

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

  עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁשָּׁה הַסְּפָרִים ― 'esrím v'shishá has'farím ― the twenty-six books

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

• Last: חמישה / חֲמִשָּׁה (khamishá)
• Next: שִׁבְעָה (shiv'á)

• שֵׁשׁ בֵּשׁ (shesh besh)