Lexical Summary shesh: six (a cardinal number) Original Word: שֵׁשׁTransliteration: shesh Phonetic Spelling: (shaysh) Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: six (a cardinal number) Meaning: six (a cardinal number) Strong's Concordance sixteen sixth Masculine shishshah {shish-shaw'}; a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth -- six((-teen, -teenth)), sixth. see HEBREW suws Brown-Driver-Briggs H8337. shesh שִׁשָּׁה שֵׁשׁ,216 noun masculine and feminine six; — masculine שֵׁשׁ (c. noun feminine) Genesis 31:41 120t.; feminine שִׁשָּׁה (with noun masculine) Genesis 30:20 39t.; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Exodus 23:12 30t. (6 1016are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P): 1 no other number: a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g. שָׁנִים שֵׁשׁ Exodus 21:2 (E) + 11 t., אַמּוֺת שֵׁשׁ 1 Samuel 17:4 8t.; בָּאַמָּה שֵׁשׁ 1 Kings 6:6; בָּנִים שִׁשָּׁה Genesis 30:20 (E) + 2 t.; יָמִים שֵׁשֶׁת Exodus 23:12 (E) + 14 t.; after noun (late) 28:2; Joshua 15:59, 62 (all P), 1 Chronicles 4:27; 26:17; Nehemiah 5:18; rarely noun omitted Leviticus 24:6 (P) + (distributive 2 Samuel 21:20 = 1 Chronicles 20:6). b. = ordinal לְחִזְק שֵׁשׁ ׳שְׁנַת 2 Kings 18:10 (Ges§ 134o). 2 16, c noun feminine: עֶשְׂרֵה שֵׁשׁ, before נָ֑פֶשׁ Genesis 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה 2 Kings 13:10 9t., בָּנוֺת2 Chronicles 13:21; after עָרִים Joshua 15:41; 19:22 (P); with noun masculine עָשָׂר שִׁשָּׁה, before אֲדָנִים Exodus 26:25; 36:30 (P), also אֶלֶף, 1000, Numbers 31:40 + (P); after בָּנִים 1 Chronicles 4:27, etc.; = ordinal 16th 24:14; 25:23 +, שׁ ׳יוֺם ׳ע2 Chronicles 29:27. 3600= מֵאוֺת שֵׁשׁ, Genesis 7:6 (P) + 63 t.; 6000 = אֲלָפִים שֵׁשֶׁת Numbers 3:34 (P) + 8 t.; ׳שׁ אֶלֶף Judges 20:15 2t. 4 c. tens, ׳שׁ following Genesis 46:26 13t., precedes Numbers 31:44 (P). 5 ׳שׁ as round number, אוֺשֿׁ ׳חָמֵשׁ 2 Kings 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16. שׁדת (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שֵׁשׁ שׁדשׁ,). |
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