six
shesh marks a count of six in totals, measurements, durations, ages, and ordered groups.
The supplied verses show shesh consistently marking a quantity of six, whether attached to people and military totals, objects and measurements, spans of days or years, or items within an enumeration. Its masculine construct forms occur where the count is joined to a following noun, while the other supplied forms likewise mark the same numerical quantity in their clauses.
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A count of six in quantities and enumeration · dominant
The term marks counted groups and totals: in 1 Chronicles 8:38 the APB renders Azel as having “six sons,” and in 1 Samuel 13:5 it renders the Philistine force as including “six thousand horsemen.” It also marks measurements and durations, as 1 Samuel 17:4 gives Goliath’s height as “six cubits and a span,” while Deuteronomy 16:8 specifies “Six days” for eating unleavened bread.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly expresses the count directly, as “six sons,” “six thousand horsemen,” “six cubits,” and “Six days.” Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, these renderings confirm the clauses’ numerical statements without establishing a separate English equivalent for every form.