חמשא

Aramaic

Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : חמשא (ḥamšā)
    Ordinal : חמישי (ḥmīšāy)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḫamišatum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.ˈʃɑ/
  • (Ashkenazi) IPA(key): /χam.ˈʃɔ/

Numeral

חַמְשָׁא • (ḥamšā) m (feminine חֲמֵשׁ (ḥămēš))

  1. five (5)
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Shabbat, 87b:
      מִדַּחֲמֵיסַר בְּנִיסָן חַמְשָׁא בְּשַׁבָּא, רֵישׁ יַרְחָא דְאִיָּיר שַׁבְּתָא, וְרֵישׁ יַרְחָא דְסִיוָן חַד בְּשַׁבָּת, קַשְׁיָא לְרַבָּנַן!
      Mi-da-ḥǎmēsar bə-Nisån ḥamšå bə-šabtå, rēš yarḥå dhə-Siwwån ḥad bə-šabbåt, qašyå lə-rabånan!
      From the fifteeth of Nisan being day five of the week, the first day of Iyyar was Sabbath, and the first day of Sivan was day one of the week — this is difficult according to the rabbis!

Descendants

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܡܫܵܐ (ḥamšā)

References

  • “ḥmš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “חַמְשָׁא”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
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