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Hebrew wordlink #23932

OSHB Gen 47:24 חֲמִישִׁית (ḩₐmīshīt) Strongs=2549 Lemma=‘חֲמִישִׁית’
contextual word gloss=‘a_fifth’ word gloss=‘a_fifth’
Morphology=Aofsa PoS=adjective_(ordinal_number) Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1701

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Other uses (1) of identical word form חֲמִישִׁית (Morphology=Aofsa PoS=adjective_(ordinal_number) Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲמִישִׁית’ (Morphology=Aofsa PoS=adjective_(ordinal_number) Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘a_fifth’(1), ‘fifth’(1).

GEN 47:24 contextual word gloss=‘a_fifth’ word gloss=‘a_fifth’ OSHB GEN 47:24 word 4

OET-LV: 24 And_it _was at_harvest(s) and_you(pl)_will _give a _fifth to_Parˊoh and_four the_hands it _will _belong to/for_you(pl) to _(the)_seed _of the_field and_to_food _of_your(pl) and_for_those_who are_in_households _of_your(pl) and_to_eat for_your _little _of_one[s]. (GEN_47:24)

OET-RV: 24 Every time you harvest a crop, you must give a fifth of it to Far’oh. The other four parts will be for you to use as seed and as food for yourselves and your households and your young children.” (GEN 47:24)

NEH 6:5 contextual word gloss=‘fifth’ word gloss=‘fifth’ OSHB NEH 6:5 word 7

OET-LV: 5 and_he _sent to_me Şanⱱallaţ according_the _manner the_this a _time fifth DOM servant _of_his and_a _letter _of open in_his/its_hand. (NEH_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with the same request, but this time in an unsealed, open letter (NEH 6:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חֲמִישִׁית’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a_fifth’, ‘fifth’, ‘the_fifth_part_of’.